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West St. Floyd Books. Work harder, not smarter. I was asked by a junior the other day: how do I get to be like you? Leaving aside the ego-trip that anyone thinks I am successful, I get why they asked the question. In working like I do, I have a constant flurry of (generally) positive activity around me. On top of that, I have two wonderful little girls and an incredible wife, with whom I have created an exciting and rewarding multi-layered existence. That’s the good stuff. That’s the upside. The junior w...

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Why it’s not only okay for the BBC to sack Clarkson, it’s necessary. |

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West St. Floyd Books. Why it’s not only okay for the BBC to sack Clarkson, it’s necessary. March 25, 2015. It’s astonishing how many people have come down on the side of Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson in the past few weeks, as if he’s an embattled hero being persecuted by his wicked employer. Fans will be fans I suppose, and one thing Clarkson has done is to polarise a very large number of people into communities of those who love him and those who love to hate him. When you strip emotion and fanatic...

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West St. Floyd Books. I could be Trump in five seconds flat. Like so many, when Donald Trump announced his candidacy for the White House last year, I rubbed my hands in gleeful anticipation of what I felt certain would be the most wretched train wreck of a campaign in history. I expected a candidate that would make Herman Cain. Look informed, Sarah Palin. Look sane and Gary Hart. Look like a master strategist. Trump supporters consistently herald their candidate’s outspoken. Say it like it is. On April 2...

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April | 2015 |

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West St. Floyd Books. Monthly Archive: April 2015. Integrity is massively overrated. He never damaged property, using lock picks instead of forced entry. He never resorted to violence. His methods were so meticulous that it often appeared that items that were stolen had simply been misplaced since there was no reason to assume a theft had taken place. In his work, integrity of purpose was a non-negotiable. And it doesn’t give your employees anything like enough guidance. April 16, 2015. Look at the help.

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Integrity is massively overrated |

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West St. Floyd Books. Integrity is massively overrated. April 16, 2015. He never damaged property, using lock picks instead of forced entry. He never resorted to violence. His methods were so meticulous that it often appeared that items that were stolen had simply been misplaced since there was no reason to assume a theft had taken place. In his work, integrity of purpose was a non-negotiable. And it doesn’t give your employees anything like enough guidance. Larr; Previous post. Next post →.

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5 reasons that elections offer a (fragile) leadership masterclass |

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West St. Floyd Books. 5 reasons that elections offer a (fragile) leadership masterclass. March 30, 2015. If today’s business leaders get one thing consistently wrong, it’s failing to create followers. Since by definition, you cannot lead without someone following you, that makes them hardly leaders at all. It’s the one thing that needs most urgently to be remedied. Here are five lessons that any leader ought to note:. 1 I want to be led by someone likeable. Without these moments, those leaders are hard t...

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How much information do you really need to make a decision? |

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West St. Floyd Books. How much information do you really need to make a decision? January 28, 2015. If I have learned anything in the insanity of building businesses, it’s that you have to make decisions with a limited amount of information. That may be anathema to an MBA graduate, but it would probably make perfect sense to a military leader. No plan survives first contact with the enemy. You can’t make the perfect decision. Sometimes you just have to go. What’s not obvious is the dividing line be...

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West St. Floyd Books. Your biggest engagement challenge: you don’t think for yourself. The biggest threat to the survival of your business in the next ten years could be your inability to think for yourself when it comes to matters of culture, and how it drives employee engagement. Communication around engagement is steeped in disengaging language. Activities around engagement are unremarkable, albeit shoehorned into a fresh box. Collectively, corporate South Africa has grown up on the point of view that...

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March | 2015 |

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West St. Floyd Books. Monthly Archive: March 2015. 5 reasons that elections offer a (fragile) leadership masterclass. If today’s business leaders get one thing consistently wrong, it’s failing to create followers. Since by definition, you cannot lead without someone following you, that makes them hardly leaders at all. It’s the one thing that needs most urgently to be remedied. Here are five lessons that any leader ought to note:. 1 I want to be led by someone likeable. Without these moments, those leade...