“Ecosystem” is one of the most commonly used, and of course, abused words. What is an ecosystem? It is our football coach in the primary who loved to say to us “don’t stay with the ball, pass it on. Get the ball, and quickly pass it on to your teammates.” And I think that is where the idea of chasing the ball came from. For the team to win, players must work as a team. If one gets a ball and tries to run with it alone, they may not go far. To win, focus on passing on the ball…

The test of a great leader is when things are tough. Anybody can lead especially when there is no problem. The need for a leader comes when the business is collapsing, people are not happy or the organization is under threat due to legal battles. Carlos Ghosn was nicknamed Mr Fixer after spearheading the turnaround of Nissan from its near-bankruptcy in 1999. By the early 2000s, the company had emerged from the crisis. Overcoming challenges is what makes one become a leader. When you hear or read about Nelson Mandela’s name that has been written in world history, it is…

How do you create a high-performance culture? How do you get staff morale through the roof through commitment and not compliance? How do you manage change initiatives effectively? The subject of effective change management is one of the differentiators of a great leader and an average one. Read more

2020 and 2021 have been dark years. During these years, the world has been under a dark cloud setting. But humanity will always thrive and overcome any challenges. And 2022 is no different. The question is how do you prepare your staff to win in 2022. Read more

The era of rigid policies and procedures is long gone. It is now about self-drive, understanding the people you have on your team, creating clarity of the vision and expectations to win. Once this clarity is well cascaded to the entire team, it becomes the leader’s role to challenge the team on how to deliver. What do you bring to the table and how do you deliver the outcome? Traditionally, companies relied on policies and procedures because the environment required that setting.  The workers on a factory floor, for example, for one to deliver value, must be physically present at…

To become a close ally of your boss, follow the rules of trust: rule number 1 is never to surprise the boss. Most leaders have what is called the inner circle. The inner-circle rule states that every leader has a close-knit group of people who s/he confides in for the most key secrets of the job. These are the people who do the errands of the boss for the success of the organization and the “close knit-group”. In politics, it is called the ruling team. These are people privy and close to top secrets. The next course of action. The…