Anyone who can demonstrate a financial Return on Investment on leadership development is making it up.
Anyone who asks to see the ROI on leadership development is asking the wrong question.
In this blog, Mike reflects on how we deal with the reality that no one knows what the future holds. What can we trust about the way the world is going to be and how we’re going to be in it?
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COVID-19 is one of the greatest challenges any leader will face in their career. There are no certainties. The scope, scale and significance is unknowable, and the secondary effects on the economy are potentially even greater than the outbreak itself. How will you meet that leadership challenge?
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In this blog Mike talks about the transformation he’s seen working directly with a client, Active VMA, who are moving further and faster. As Troy, their Production Manager says “getting shit out the door faster than ever”.
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I found the process of exploring without purpose was good for my soul. We spend so much of our lives being purpose driven and outcome driven – I've got this objective by that date as a step towards that long-term goal. And of course, as an Achiever on the Enneagram scale, my need to hit targets of any kind is hard-wired.
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I don’t have McKinsey’s fabulous research resources, so I can’t prove my theory, but I believe self-awareness and a learning mindset are essential in any stage of an organisation’s development. As Jack Welch said, “when the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near.”
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Someone was telling me the other day that they were sick of mindset. I’ve been a fan of Carol Dweck’s work for 10 years, so I asked her why. She said that in her experience the way it was being used was as a bit of a putdown by managers.
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When it was introduced at the Leadership table, he and the CFO rolled their eyes at each other. In their minds it was one step from hugging trees and singing kumbaya.
But now they’re sold, although they don’t use the mindfulness in public. We call it Active Leadership to distinguish it from personal mindfulness practices like meditation, breathing exercises and gratitude. What we’re talking about is mindfulness@work.
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The Breakthrough Company has decided to enter the podcast industry and armed with 700,001st mover advantage we aim to disrupt the industry.
You might well ask why we’re entering this space when it’s going to be so hard to compete with the 7000 that have an average download of 35,000 per episode.
Because we’re not seeking to be in the top 1%. We’re aiming to be in the top 10%, with an average of 1100 downloads.
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Because they are the best-trained. Forget Beauden Barrett, the key guy is Steve Hansen (and before him Graham Henry). Since they’ve been involved, All Black coaching teams have taught their teams how to train (learn).
If you want to perform better, train your managers in learning how to learn, and learning how to teach.
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