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Strategy

Politics Seeks Consensus. Strategy Chooses who to Disappoint

Walk into enough leadership offsites and the pattern becomes familiar. The slides are polished, the analysis is sound, and the discussion is thoughtful. By the end of the session there is alignment in the room. People nod. Someone says, “This feels right.” And yet, six months later, very little has changed. The organization is still […]

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Business

Finding The Courage to Overcome Vested Interests (Nigel Lake, Part 3 of 10)

(Source: Flickr) This is the third instalment of my conversation with Nigel Lake, CEO of Pottinger, a global corporate advisory firm based in Sydney, Australia. Nigel is the author of The Long Term Starts Tomorrow, a must have book “for any manager, leader or Minister.” The Hon Mike Baird MP, Premier of NSW Tom: The problem for […]

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Excellence

Courage

The hard part about pursuing a new idea is not the idea itself. There are thousands of good ideas shared every day online for free. Nor is it the risk of financial failure since it is easier than ever to pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start again. The real risk that the trail blazers face is a […]