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A number of years ago, I completed my first masters degree in leadership. One of the learnings I remembered most was that from Peter Senge on learning organizations. His book, The Fifth Discipline still sits in a place of honour on my bookshelf.

Talent retention is an oxymoron. The more talented people are, the less likely they are to be retained. Let me explain.

In order to live a meaningful life, Millennials feel the need to accomplish something significant. It needs to matter, not just to them, but to others around them; to their personal collection of stakeholders.

Until a few weeks ago, the average person would have barely heard about Huawei, but suddenly, this Chinese tech giant is global news and is at the centre of a geopolitical row. WHY? And what does this mean for the global rollout of 5G networks?

My first car was an 87’ Suzuki Swift. It was white, with tinted windows and a purple strip light underneath. I had modified it to look cool while night-cruising around the beach in Whiterock, BC.

Decision making is a vital component of business success. Decisions that are based on a foundation of knowledge and sound reasoning can lead you and your company into long-term prosperity.

Last Thursday I spoke briefly at the annual kickoff event for Al Masaood Automobiles in Abu Dhabi. I have been working on strategy and leadership development with their top 3 tiers of management for about 6 months now.

The human brain is amazing. It got us to the moon, cured diseases and created awesome inventions, yet for some reason we can’t go more six minutes without checking our phones – research shows we now check our phones up to 150 times per day. Our attention spans are equivalent to that of a fish. Focus is a lost art.

We had an excellent discussion on my podcast, Business is Personal recently. We spoke frankly about a topic that many companies express they struggle with in Dubai – hiring and retaining top talent.

I run lots of obstacle course races. I run Wadi Adventure Race, Spartan, NAS Night Challenge, Desert Warrior Challenge, Tough Mudder, and Urban Ultra races.

What makes life meaningful? The movies we watch or those we watch them with? The work we do, or the promotion we get when it’s recognized? The diapers we change, or the child we are raising?

Just this week I saw a screenshot of a participant in a leadership training program (not mine, haha) who was not only lying in bed during the program, but fast asleep with his camera on.

Just this week I saw a screenshot of a participant in a leadership training program (not mine, haha) who was not only lying in bed during the program, but fast asleep with his camera on.

I have a close friend who loves her job and hates her boss. She loves the company, the culture, the team of managers that work under her, and she loves most of the day-to-day work that she does, solving problems and helping her company to run smoothly.

In business, as in life, resilience is essential to leading a successful one. Overcoming obstacles and thriving in a business leadership role takes a winning combination of strength and strategy, which all good leaders must possess in order to bounce back from challenges quickly and remain stable and steady.

Marna used to think of herself as a team player. She was the one who brought balloons and cake to the office for everyone’s birthdays.

A number of years ago one of my companies failed, and I had to tell my entire staff that they were out of a job.

Imagine you’re sitting in front of your computer and you have a sudden thought that you should get started on that quarterly report that’s due at the end of next week.

I’ve been reading a lot of history lately while polishing up my new book on executive performance called Spartan CEO. It’ll be out in March.

Performance management is an oxymoron. The behaviors that separate high from low performing employees, can’t be managed at all.

If the best things in life are free, then why do humans want so much? Rather, why do we continue to want more when we’ve well passed the point of what we used to define as sufficient income?

Certain kinds of managers all over the world right now are freaking out… not because of COVID-19, but because they are absolutely certain that their people working from home, aren’t working at all.

Certain kinds of managers all over the world right now are freaking out… not because of COVID-19, but because they are absolutely certain that their people working from home, aren’t working at all.

I’m publishing my book, Spartan CEO in a couple of weeks. It’s about the kinds of fitness that matter on the bottom line, physical, mental, and organizational fitness.

Did you know that the kind of fitness leaders engage in has a direct impact on the profitability of their companies?

If you were to go in for heart surgery, buy a new car or say your wedding vows to someone knowing that there was an 84% chance of failure… would you even bother?

The Netflix documentary Downfall: The Case Against Boeing tells of the steady decline of investment in safety at Boeing