Many of my executive clients bring this topic up during our conversations. Some of them hate it, some want to distance themselves from it, and only very few of them enjoy it. I truly believe there is a healthy and constructive way of handling organisational politics...
Listening probably the most underrated leadership skill. The least taught but most used skill. The biggest leadership failures come from leaders unable to connect with and make sense of the VUCA world around them. “I hear what you say. I see what you say. I feel what...
We live in a moment of profound possibility and disruption today. Where old paradigm can die and new can emerge. Shifting our consciousness from ego-system to eco-system awareness could be a fundamental shift and inevitable. What we experience today is three pressing...
Leading change is not that straightforward. There is no one best way to lead change. The best approach always depends on the situation. What works well in for example a turnaround situation, where there already is a sense of urgency, can fail miserably in realignment...
I really like this simple yet profound definition of politics. Political Intelligence is one of the most important intelligences of a top executive. What is politics? Politics is basically the negotiation of the impossible to the possible involving a particular way of...
One of the biggest challenges many leaders face as they rise to the top is shifting from seeing themselves as problem-solvers to pattern recognisers. In the strategic system you not only need to see the patters in the market place but in how your organisation respond,...
