by George Ambler on June 16, 2008
Take some time out to think and reflect on what your busy with, your purpose and on what are you striving to achieve. Then ask yourself, is what Iām doing directly contributing to my purpose? To remain on track 37signals suggest that to stay effective that we need to regularly question our work, by asking [...]
by George Ambler on June 15, 2008
As leaders we often underestimate the power of commitment, there is something powerful about being committed, I mean being truly committed to a cause, to a vision or to a meaningful purpose. “Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.” ā Goethe The decision to [...]
by George Ambler on April 15, 2008
Leaders are central to the development of an environment that encourages effective decision making. As CCL discusses in their article “Unbalanced Influence: How Myths and Paradoxes Shape Leaders Myth of Effective Decision Making“. The article discusses how some leader feel that decision making is their right and their responsibility, where “the belief that a decision [...]
by George Ambler on April 15, 2008
There is a great article “Peter Drucker On Leadership” discussing the leadership principles of Peter Drucker, some of his ideas from the article that stood out to me are as follows: What Needs to Be Done: “Successful leaders don’t start out asking, ‘What do I want to do?’ They ask, ‘What needs to be done?’ [...]
by George Ambler on February 24, 2008
An article by Dan Heath and Chip Heath, in Fast Company, Analysis of Paralysis discusses a key principle, “If your strategy doesn’t help employees act, it’s not a strategy.“, as discussed in the article…. “Researchers Eldar Shafir and Donald Redelmeier helped prove this point in an article in The Journal of the American Medical Association. [...]