“Man is limited not so much by his tools but by his vision”
I love this quote from Richard Pascale and am sometimes sadly reminded of it when my partners and I or even a respected client are unable to break the boundaries from our self-created, self-limiting “mental prisons”. It is so exasperating when we find ourselves...“Egocentric leaders destroy value”
Last week’s post on “Leadership as a process” has generated a lot of discussions via direct e.mails (it must be thanks to the football clip…) I thought useful to summarize and report conversations held with two CEO’s whose challenges were around: Is “leadership as a...Leadership is the ball: leadership is a collective process not an individual attribute
Synchronicity may be seen as a pure coincidence, or an esoteric “was written in the stars” sort of blessed encounter or the fact that we create our own flourishing environment by continuously sharing, listening and being curious. Such a fortunate moment happened this...“How the Cirque du Soleil deals with Complexity”
A moment of exceptional beauty and aesthetics to start this week: please take a look at this short clip of highlights of “Alegria”, one of the Cirque du Soleil’s most successful shows… Observe the complexity of movements, the absolute necessity of perfect timing and..."The Purposeful Leader"
When confronted to complexity, humans tend to respond by increasing control, micro-management and closing. The recent crisis provided a strong although well intentioned illustration of this: Some CEO’s were requesting daily cash flow statements of their people as a...Buy Our Book
