Learning to be accountable may be a matter of unlearning

In his small yet powerfully insightful book ‘Teaching Smart People How to Learn’, Chris Argyris makes the case that business success increasingly depends on the people in the business continually learning but that the majority of well-educated, high-powered, high-commitment professionals who occupy key leadership positions are lousy at learning! Further, Chris said that most companies […]

The Single Greatest Threat to Your Leadership Growth and Development

Incremental growth happens inside of your comfort zone – exponential growth happens outside of your comfort zone – your discomfort zone. Think of public speaking, networking, leaving your job and starting something new, cold calling, conflict, saying no, taking an unpopular stance when you think it’s right, challenging inappropriate behaviour etc. When you pushed through […]