Executive Challenge Academy 2012

The higher up in an organisation you are... the more authentic you need to be (Dr Peter Fuda)

It takes courage to be authentic and vulnerable in a leadership role.

Everything in nature is either growing or dying

Leaders can do some of their best thinking when they don’t think

If a picture is worth 1000 words, then a metaphor is worth 1000 pictures

Your job is to make sure they take their monkey with them Everybody has a monkey….. Your job is to make sure they take their monkey with them

Live the future in the present

We judge ourselves by our intentions We judge everyone else by their behaviour

I don't mind if I have to sit on the floor at school. All I want is an education and I'm afraid of no-one .  

Trust is the one thing that changes everything (Stephen Covey)

Leaders inspire hope not fear

Leaders need to de-mask What makes us interesting is our imperfections

Darth Vader in the Death Star Canteen Most leaders don’t know the impact they make

When an old culture is dying, the new culture is born … of those who are not afraid to feel insecure

Leadership evolves over time moving from the emerging and learning leader to the action based aspirational leader, at times to the disillusioned and disengaged leader moving onto the experienced and reflective leader who can lead and achieve through others as a coach and a mentor.

Shift from a burning platform to a burning ambition

If you don’t like the way life is looking, change the way you look at life. Reflection is so important to do this, and so are friends and colleagues

I can either be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It is a question of how I view my life (Paul Coelho)

What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say (Ralph W Emerson)

Leaders listen for the future

The power of asking people their opinion should not be underestimated The power of asking people their opinion should not be underestimated. The Children of the future deserve nothing less  

Leaders don’t create more followers Leaders don’t create more followers... they create more Leaders (Tom Peters)

Nothing is more contagious as example Nothing is more contagious as example. We never do great good or great evil Without bringing about more of the same on the part of others

Make your contacts and networks now and they will be there in a crisis