Category: Consciousness
Posted on 23rd January 2015
Why are Conscious Leaders So Important? The nature of consciousness has been discussed by philosophers for centuries. The ancient Greek aphorism ‘Know Yourself’ was inscribed on the Temple of Apollo and used by Plato in his famous dialogues. Nowadays neurologists, cognitive scientists, psychologists and modern-day philosophers have so much more knowledge of how we think…
Category: Consciousness, Work
Posted on 21st January 2015
Our planet is currently experiencing a time of huge challenge in which the lives of every human being are changing in unforeseen and unfamiliar ways and faster than populations have previously experienced. It is imperative that we engage with new thinking about how we as a society might currently develop and train leaders who will…
Category: Entrepreneurs, Work
Posted on 4th July 2011
One of the difficulties for inexperienced entrepreneurs is knowing when a deal is likely to happen and when it isn’t. For many years in the publishing industry, a deal would happen on a handshake. An offer would be made by a publisher to an author (often via their literary agent). If the general terms were accepted by the…
Category: Women's Issues, Work
Posted on 24th June 2011
I had an interesting conversation the other night with an entrepreneur who works in a very male-dominated industry. He was wondering how to encourage more women to achieve greater success in his company. He made the point that the skills required to achieve board level are those possessed by both men and women and that he himself had entered the…
Category: Entrepreneurs
Posted on 10th June 2011
I meet many would-be entrepreneurs who want to start their own businesses but simply don’t have enough money for their startup costs. The first task of a successful entrepreneur is to achieve their own start-up capital. A few technology businesses are impossible to start without a certain amount of capital. But many other businesses, especially businesses where you buy…
Category: Entrepreneurs, Work
Posted on 28th March 2011
What is a professional? A professional is someone who shows up for work every day, come rain or shine or whatever else is happening in his or her life. A professional is someone who, no matter how good they are at what they do, knows always that there is so much more that they need…
Category: Entrepreneurs, Values in Business, Work
Posted on 20th December 2010
I have just been watching the final of The Apprentice, the television series which attempts to give viewers an idea of what being an entrepreneur in business is really like. If you don’t work in the business world, you would likely be horrified by what you see. But if you do work in the business world, while you…
Category: Publishing
Posted on 26th August 2010
In an ideal world, an author would write a book and a publisher would make it available to its audience within a few weeks. This ideal world exists if you self-publish. Or, if your book is so topical that it has to be an instant publication – or it won’t be worth publishing at all. But for most…