Is It Better To Be Right Or Wrong?
The conventional wisdom in life and in business is that you must learn from your mistakes, and that it’s important for you to make mistakes in order to improve and ultimately succeed. But is this really the case? Is this merely a clichéd misnomer, after-all, you should learn a lot more from your successes, most notably to … Continue reading
Think Small
Most employees feel that they have to think and act ‘big’, no matter whether the company that they’re working for is big, mid-sized or even in effect relatively small. In reality, size doesn’t matter, thinking small always works! Just because you’re not in a start-up doesn’t mean you can’t and shouldn’t act like one: be … Continue reading
Rudolf The Red-Nosed Intrapreneur
Although intrapreneurship as a concept and movement wasn’t established until the late 1970’s (as outlined in my post “Reinventing the ‘Intrapreneur’ for the 21st Century“), intrapreneurs have existed and operated for much longer, despite not being tagged as such. A classic case is the renowned innovator and leader, Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Rudolf operated within … Continue reading
Defining Your Own Role
In today’s corporate jungle, individuals need to define, or more accurately, re-define their own roles if they want to succeed. Market dynamics, corporate re-engineering, downsizing, internationalisation and ever accelerating technological development are all factors which are driving rapid changes in existing jobs and precipitating the creation of new ones. Gone are the days where merely … Continue reading
Mark Cavendish – A Case Study In Success
On Sunday Mark Cavendish became the World Road Cycling Champion, the first Briton to hold the title since Tom Simpson in 1965, 46 years; as well as becoming the first rider since Belgium’s Freddy Maertens, 30 years ago, to win both the World Championship and the Tour de France green jersey in the same year. … Continue reading
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