Local Singapore boy Chade Meng-Tan has made it to the highest ranks of Google, yet he’s not recognised for his exceptional engineering talent (which he clearly has), but is globally recognised and sought out for his contribution to the field of mindful leadership. A mindful leader embodies leadership presence by …

“Finding good staff” is something I’m hearing more and more about. It’s consistently in the top three priorities for business owners. Wherever I travel in the world, it seems that business owners will tell you that this problem is worse in their country than any other. Clearly that can’t be …

Yesterday morning I discovered that I had been locked out of Linkedin. No reason or warning given.  Almost 12 years to the month that I had first opened an account on Linkedin, 6,000 connections and countless articles, updates messages etc. were all suddenly gone. Then I realised I could no longer …

It was 2009, my businesses were collapsing around me and quite frankly I didn’t want to present a cheery face to the world.  Facebook, delete.  Twitter, delete.  The 1,000+ followers and all my riveting thoughts consigned to the social media rubbish bin. Within a year I had accounts back up …

Recently our management team set about firming up the goals for the year. Everyone chipped in, there was plenty of whiteboard action and we found ourselves with some targets that were very compelling indeed. Job well done! Except we then started breaking it down and adding timelines and responsibilities and it became very …

“Income follows assets” Most struggling businesses have one major asset, usually their product, which they are relentlessly trying to sweat. Most successful businesses have a whole ecosystem of assets which are serving them. Generally we are comfortable with the idea of a house/property being an asset and if you collect rent each …

We are all familiar with the one hit wonders. Those people that seemingly come from nowhere, appear in the collective conscious for a short period of time and then seemingly disappear from whence they came. People that stay in the public eye, people that maintain an ability to consistently deliver value …

Your business might not be the best vehicle to get you where you want to go… Through the Key Person of Influence program I have had the opportunity to meet and work with hundreds of entrepreneurs who are all in a hurry to get to their destination. In many aspects …

The below is taken from my book “Progressive Partnerships – The Future of Business”. For a free copy, please see below: The Power of Progressive Partnerships There was a time, in the last century, if your company managed to get itself into the Financial Times Stock Exchange Index (FTSE 100), it …

The below is taken from my book “Progressive Partnerships – The Future of Business”. For a free copy, please see below: Why Value Trumps Small Talk and Rapport  Every book I read on networking talked about how important it was to build rapport: to mirror people or feign an interest in …