What is the best piece of advice you have been given as a Leader? | Philip Levinson

This week I missed a flight from Tokyo to Atlanta in the US, where I was headed to work with a new Executive Team.
I have never missed a flight in my life.
Fifteen busy executives had flown in from across the country to attend a two-day event that I was leading, following months of planning. I spent several horrific hours uncertain if I would make it due to a self-imposed Visa issue.
While I made it on time and we had a wonderful week, I admit that during those few turbulent hours, I lost it.
I was self-absorbed, sweaty and racked with guilt to the point of not being able to think straight.

For Philip Levinson, former CEO of a publicly-listed company and new partner of Peoplemax, leadership at the top is often about remembering to breathe.

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Change Leadership : How do I do it Better?

I promised a client that I would offer some thoughts on this question this week. Most of us now accept that change is a permanent feature of the context in which we work. How to help people navigate this new context has become critical skill for leaders.

I would probably start by distinguishing Mechanical from Organic change leadership (Jeremy Sweeney, 2020). Mechanical change is the structural, process improvements that can be made to an organisation to affect change. Most leaders are comfortable with this one.

Organic change deals with the hidden beliefs, values, norms and mindsets of people, shaped by personal and professional histories, that ultimately drive behaviour. This is often messy and difficult to define and address, and a common reason why change efforts often fail. Most leaders are uncomfortable in this space.

So we might sharpen the question to: “Organic change leadership. How do I do it better?”

Here’s one thought. What if your knee-jerk response to people struggling with change were to:
1. Empathise. Try to understand how they feel without solving anything. Be curious.
2. Normalise. Share a personal story that illustrates your own or others’ struggles with change.
3. Strategise. Help them come to terms with that change is here to stay. Explore how they might flourish within this new context.

What are your thoughts?

The Future of Learning | Tony Latimer

What is the future of learning?

As part of our Coach Spotlight Series, I sat down last week with esteemed Peoplemax MCC coach Tony Latimer to discuss how Tony’s newly launched AI platform is paving the way for a revolution in the leadership development space.

Working alongside executive coaching, the platform supports leaders by answering a range of management questions they may have in real time. Tony has lent his 40+ years of personal experience to developing the platform using a database of over 500,000 search terms.

“We know historically, in classroom learning environments, that people only retain a small percentage of what they are taught, as they only learn what they need to. With this new AI approach, you get 100% application, resulting in increased time and cost efficiency, as well as 100% ROI.”

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