Opinion pieces by leaders and managers
READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION Dignity Health chief financial officer Doug Watson is on the frontline in America’s fight against the virus It’s 8.30am mountain time at Ground Zero. Doug Watson meets me in the modern way, over Zoom, from his kitchen in Phoenix, Arizona. It’s early summer and the intense heat of the desert … Read more
READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION The brain is able to cope with disorder and uncertainty – if you know how it works The coronavirus pandemic has materially changed the way we think, feel and live. Many leaders are in ‘survival’ mode. They are focused on the real challenges of defending their companies and employees from … Read more
READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION Agility, constant learning and customer obsession underpin world-class banking When you hear about a large, established business yearning for a start-up culture, what comes to mind? For most it is some version of more speed and efficiency, and fewer operational disconnects. As big organizations look to rediscover the vitality of … Read more
In this edition of The GC People Leader Series Dr GC, Chief Psychologist at The GC Index, talks to Kanishka Misal, Managing Director at InfinityGlobal.IO, about his career, what it means to be a creative problem solver and what has underpinned his huge career successes to date. Kanishka is a senior business executive with close … Read more
READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION Kate Cooper urges decision makers, ‘lead us not into something worse’ Mistakes provide critical experience. Many managers and leaders learn their craft by getting things wrong. They review, revise, redo. Much of the time, their second attempt is better than their first. Poor leadership is not always the consequence of … Read more
READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION Embrace this moment of change In March 2020 most developed economies began a global experiment in homeworking, at an unprecedented scale and at lightning speed. Within just a few days, millions of workers found themselves compelled to work at home, with an expectation that they would maintain their productivity without … Read more
READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION Leaders need to simultaneously cooperate and compete In the emerging global economy, companies are realizing that a substantial part of their value proposition rests on their ability to forge relationships to add value to their customers.The environment for business is continually changing: technology has enabled new levels of international trade … Read more
READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION Covid-19 has underlined that many marketers’ favourite tools are obsolete. It’s time for marketing with real meaning What lifts you up in times of crisis? Humour? The laugh of a toddler? A surprise phone call from a friend? The joy of sharing food with family? Brainstorming? While Covid-19 has forced … Read more
READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION Growing your company in the 21st century requires you to look outward, not upward The growth of established companies has slowed. Like old oak trees reaching their maximum height, large organizations struggle to expand, losing ground to the competition as they grapple with changes in user behaviour and watch their … Read more
READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION Perry Timms uncovers the Schneider Culture Model Time to reboot this column: from smartphone apps, to organizational ‘apps’ – the big ideas that help make sense of how we interoperate with each other and with systems of work. My first pick flows, inevitably, from thinking about the pandemic’s impact on … Read more