Leadership Conversations

THE IDEA: When choosing new members for your team, beyond listing the necessary competencies, experience and success measures, listening to your instincts and determining cultural fit are also important criteria.

THE IDEA: Throwing a curve ball during the interview session can be a good way of testing your instincts and assessing the candidate based on their responses.

THE IDEA: Having step-level (i.e. going beyond your direct subordinates) meetings with junior talents will not only help to inspire them, but also give you new insights that you may not get from direct subordinates.
What are some guiding principles that you live by?

THE IDEA: Change curves are getting shorter. Think in three-year chunks, formulate clear goals and look for behaviours that would drive the company and your people towards these goals.

THE IDEA: If you do not manage well, you will have less time to lead.

Our company focuses on three themes from a behavioural perspective – winning right, communicating often and simply, and focusing together on the result.

THE IDEA: Nepotism and overt favouritism can be the bane of growth and independence and can also discourage other staff from performing at their best.