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Lord Darth Vader – master of crisis management and personal branding
As I wrote in a previous post Darth Vader is an ultimate villain and one of the worst leaders ever on silver screen (second only to Charlie Chaplin in The Great Dictator). However he had some “star” leadership moments, especially in terms of personal brand building and crisis and project
Lord Darth Vader – Executive coaching and Leadership mentoring lessons
Though at times he was very effective Lord Darth Vader proved not to be a great leader. His leadership lacked a lot of executive coaching and leadership mentoring: Darth’s worst leadership traits: 1. Failure to motivate and develop subordinates“Lifting up” of subordinates was a strong Darth’s leadership feature… however it was
M&A integration is all about managing people, which requires true leadership, executive coaching and leadership mentoring
Why so many M&A transactions fail to create value during integration and what does this have to do with people leadership and executive coaching? Research of McKinsey , Bain&Company and Harvard University show that between 70-80% of synergies in M&A transactions are not achieved. Engaging in acquisition is a lot
Teamwork like no other… why All Blacks are so powerful and what we can apply in business coaching
For those of you who don’t know… once upon a time in my teenage years and early university I did play rugby… and what I learnt then was the huge value of a team member being there when you could not go on alone… It had profound impact on my
Importance of first bosses in leadership mentoring
This post is a tribute to my first bosses who were truly providing me leadership mentoring. One gave me unlimited trust, helped me to develop and focus my result orientation, which on downside made me un-diplomatic and abrasive. The other gave me frank feedback and mentored me on how to
Change management – Why focusing on “sharpest” people is not enough…
My post today is dedicated to all the people that ever worked for me and did not (or at least not at the right time) proper recognition for all the contribution they gave and help to change management which would be much more difficult without them. In most cases they
What would Jeff do?
Should executives work on their personal branding? I believe they should as if you are not a brand than you are a commodity.But it is not so simple as marketing yourself around… We all despise characters who all the time brag about either own mediocre results or worse, results of
