Is it best to fix weaknesses or build on strengths? Marcus advocates the latter. When we think of our siblings, their faults quickly come to mind, and their differences too. From an early age, Marcus wanted to build on his strengths and manage around his weaknesses. He saw […]
Introduction: When we get under pressure and feel stressed out, we revert to our shadow mission (the default setting). What’s the leader’s greatest fear? The job is relentless, there are many challenges. Possibilities: the fear of failure (it’s very public), the fear of mutiny (when teams fracture), the […]
Opening: leadership is action-oriented. Most of all, leaders have to solve problems. In this session, we are going to focus on some of the “Powell Principles”. “Leadership should promote a clash of ideas”. What’s the point of having people working for you who can’t contribute their expertise. The […]
The session began with an interview about Carly’s firing as the CEO at HP. And then it shifted to an interview between Bill Hybels and Carly. Bill recommends Carly’s Tough Choices, and suggests that “everyone” needs to read it. He commented that he doesn’t usually say that. The […]
The Global Leadership Summit this year has been held in about 200 locations, with 100,000 people in attendence Margaret Spicer, Willow Creek NZ This event has been under development and planning for a year. There are events being run in 11 countries today, as well as in the […]
I’m in Christchurch for a two day leadership summit, put on by Willow Creek New Zealand. They have a range of high powered speakers lined up for the next two days, including Marcus Buckingham, Carly Fiorina, Colin Powell and Michael Porter. The agenda looks great! I’m in the […]
I was late to the UC session, due to some conversations with Microsoft people about SharePoint over coffee. On entering the room, a lady from Wintec, a tertiary educational institution in NZ, was discussing some of the business challenges they are facing around educational service delivery in NZ, […]
Key point: NZ needs to do better at innovation going forward. How can NZ businesses become better at this? Innovation means lots of different things. See wikipedia for a list of types of innovation. Two drivers of the top 10 focus on the end user (quality, environmental impact), […]
Doug wants to speak about technology at the AA. He’s been the CIO at AA for about a year. Will talk about: 1. The history of AA 2. The brand 3. The ICT operating model 4. Recent projects 5. Upcoming things History AA in NZ started in Auckland […]
Steven Carden, McKinsey and Company – author of “New Zealand Unleashed” – sees himself as an expert on change. And yet, when he became a parent, he found out about the extent of change – main lesson: we experience a lot of changes in the world – New […]
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