
Leadership Insights for Global Leaders
How to lead teams to top performance and cohesion
Ever felt as if we would like to blame our team members? "They take no initiative..." "I need to fight against their silo mentality..." "They chase for the best pay..." Well, surprisingly, as soon as the same team gets another leader, they behave differently and get...
Meet 24 leaders and many more you can role model
A C-suite leader shared with me in coaching that ‘In my industry, the machinery requires so huge investments that personal costs are marginal. So, with low performers, I used to correct them, punish even yell, now I simply fire them and find new people. But it is...
Ever wanted to engage with your team?
Here’s a funny scenario that global leaders working with multi-cultural teams will recognize… You have just arrived in Asia and people kindly welcome you. All seems to start well; you’ve made the right choice to leave Europe and come to Asia. Then comes the...
When you lead across cultures: break social codes and you get broke
Casual dress code on Fridays, shaking hands with everyone in the morning, monthly breakfast skipping meetings, etc. We may have witnessed all these habits in some organizations. They contribute to the unique culture of each firm and grow a sense of belonging. Yet,...
Can you spot Talents?
When we lead teams, we have 2 main focus in mind: performance sustainability and legacy building.Performance is only worth if we can maintain it over time, hence we need to spot talents who will compensate the natural turnover and keep growing the legacy. Yet, how to...
STOP: powerful simplest tool to control our emotions
We all have less than glorious days, where emotions controlled us rather than we controlled our emotions. Yes, we sometimes feel ashamed that we lost our temper…We were so triggered by this nasty email that our answer was even nastier… and it escalated. Then...
Feeling lonely at the top? Time to build your Jedi council!
When we end up at the top, we feel both privileged and worried. From there we can have a major impact on the organization and people: an honor, in itself. And a huge responsibility on our shoulders too. In order to last, we need support. Not only to do the work, but...
The tough decisions that reveal our true leadership
“I may need to fire 300 people… some are my friends… and some I’ve been working with for years…”Tough decision! Major consequences keeping us awake at night.So far seem the days when leadership was about celebrating with champagne in business class travel to...
Leader, if your teams do not meet expectations, what will happen of you?
In Rome, Ancients used to say “There is not far from the Capitol to the Tarpeienne rock” On top of the Capitol hill was a temple for all the flamboyant triumphs and glorious celebrations. As a victorious general, you would have the supreme honor to lead the glorious...
The Key Competence Leaders CANNOT afford to miss
If there was only one competence that global leaders need to grow, that would be… Emotional Intelligence. Not so sure? I agree with you that emotional intelligence is a trendy thing and we may think it is just a fashion and happily dismiss it, assuming it will fade...