Defining "You" As A Leader

Speakers are not Heroes

Delivering no less than 4 presentations a month in face-to-face and webinar form has made me take things for granted at times. Less planning time despite my presentation deck having reasonably useful content. When I got hold of the book "Resonate" by Nancy Duarte, the ideas sparked my curiosity As I have a January 5 webinar...

Reflecting on ethos, pathos, logos

An old blog post that manages to get visitors to date is my sharing on ethos, pathos, and logos. Reading through it makes me realize that the lesson gained from it hampers me to speak on a lot of things and issues encountered today. Ethos - am I credible enough? Before speaking or writing on...

From Fox to Hedgehog

In Jim Collin's Good to Great book, the hedgehog concept strucked me. Hedgehog organizations are known for their consistency, knowing the "one big thing" and stick to it. They leave the competition behind for behaving like foxes - known for being crafty, cunning creatures that knows a lot of things but lack...

Flywheel – No Miracle Moment

In reading Jim Collin's book, Good to Great, he talked about companies not being able to pinpoint a defining moment that turned everything around and make them a great company. Their success came from cumulative and consistent effort in the same direction. As time goes by, the flywheel effect takes place....

Building a Tribe: Can You Lead Us?

My talks in the last 3 months have included slides about building tribes or loyal communities. It scares me whenever I see an industry (like the IT industry) whose players are the same people, transferring from one organization to another, year after year. Hardly do you find new leaders being...

Becoming a Digital Leader

One of the learning projects I am working focuses on digital leadership. It is a step up content the moment a person decided to become a digital influencer. Thankful for the opportunity to discuss the basics in a "League of Leaders" youth event yesterday. Here were my talk points, reflecting on...