In the past couple of weeks we’ve heard very promising news about the vaccines designed to combat COVID-19. Even though we are in the midst of a wave of new infections, we are…
Leadership
One of the most important things a leader can receive is feedback. A leader’s success depends on their ability to engage others and bring them along with them. They are reliant on making…
These are uncertain times. We are navigating a pandemic, the scale of which we haven’t seen in a 100 years. The US election is not completely resolved with uncertainty about what happens next. On top of…
To say that 2020 has been a tough year is an understatement. The pandemic has fundamentally changed how we live and work. In the first half of this year, I observed many clients…
Six months into the pandemic, your team is working remotely and things seem to be going ok. Your team members say the right things but these days you can’t stop by their desk and…
So, what’s the point of having a vision when you’re grappling with a crisis and focused on surviving day to day? It’s difficult to think about long-term goals when you have serious short-term…
When you’ve put everything into building a business, letting go can be very difficult. This is very familiar to my podcast guest Ana Chaud. Ana was the co-founder and former CEO of Garden…
I first met Kevin Adler in 2016 about 18 months after he founded Miracle Messages. At that time he had $600 in the bank and Miracle Messages was on the brink of ceasing…
Am I Doing Enough? This is a question I first explored in a blog a couple of years ago. The context was avoiding the ‘not good enough’ mindset which creeps in when we…
Oyster is founded on the core principle that leadership is no accident. Leadership is about declaring a future others commit to achieve. The leader’s role is to create a vision of the future…