'leadership' Tag
Fools Rush In: the Power of the Slow-Thinking Executive
Issue 3.6 | April 2012 In this Article: business might be fast, but success requires thinking slowly. by Jonathan Wilson Even at 5:30 in the morning, the sauna-like climate saturated the airport terminal on the north coast of New Guinea. With other first-flight travellers who had arrived ahead of me, I stood near the back [...]
When Fear (Disguised as Initiative) Runs Your Business
Issue 3.4 | January 2012 In this Article: how a misguided sense of urgency undermines value creation. by Jonathan Wilson If patience is a virtue, the world of business, which has exchanged fear of God for fear of Darwin, has forgotten it. When people come together to do business the emphasis is on do: a [...]
From Noble Thought to Noble Deed
Issue 3.3 | November 2011 In this Article: disciplined action, not just a great idea, makes a leader. by Jonathan Wilson It is a tiresome and common fact of our world that the noble-minded are plenty, but few of them act in accordance with their sentiments. Thought-leadership does not a leader make. It is a [...]
Trust: Restoring the Declining Currency of the Marketplace
Issue 3.2 | October 2011 In this Article: restoring confidence in the marketplace by building business that is trustworthy. by Jonathan Wilson The alarming possibility of a decade or two of economic stagnancy across the globe is driving many players, in governments and businesses, to flail about this economic quagmire in a panicked search for [...]
Profit Fixation is Bad (for Business)
Issue 3.1 | September 2011 In this Article: why an exclusive focus on profit creates a dangerous distraction from value creation. by Jonathan Wilson Apple does not exist to make a profit. If it did, it would never have made the ground-breaking iPod nor the ensuing iTunes, let alone a magnificent series of breakthrough products [...]
The Politics of Courage
Issue 2.12 | August 2011 In this Article: courage in leadership begins with the courage to not think of yourself. by Jonathan Wilson August 2nd, 2011 is a date that will remain infamous in history. The day saw the close of the US government’s debt-ceiling debacle that, it is claimed, brought the world to the [...]
Leadership that Lasts
Issue 2.11 | July 2011 In this Article: what your leadership is built on will dictate how long it can last and what legacy it will leave. by Jonathan Wilson In the course of human history fifty years is a fleeting moment, but for each of us it is a considerable portion of the [...]
Scanning the Horizon You Plan to Reach
Issue 2.10 | June 2011 In this Article: the why, the what and the how of strategic planning. by Jonathan Wilson Far in the distance, palm trees and jungle hung over the blue Pacific waters. The sun rode high in the sky, casting its warm tropical light onto our outrigger canoe that rode the [...]
Where Does a Leader Go When He’s Afraid?
Issue 2.9 | April 2011 In this Article: how facts, foundations and friendship protect leaders from their fears. by Jonathan Wilson The candle sputtered and flickered in the silent black of a New Guinea night. I lay in my sleeping bag, staring at the guttering flame in a state of utter depression. I was days [...]
A Long Obedience in the Same Direction
Issue 2.8 | March 2011 In this Article: how leadership that influences is the result of persistent initiative. by Jonathan Wilson “The essential thing ‘in heaven and earth’ is … that there should be a long obedience in the same direction; there thereby results, and has always resulted in the long run, something which [...]