How do I look intelligent as a leader?

First impressions can be important in leadership and often leaders may say, or do, the wrong things which leads to them making a bad first impression. One particular good first impression that many leaders want to make is: how to come across intelligent? In this post I will share three simple steps on how to…

Why do people follow leaders?

The world of today has drastically changed compared to 50, 100 and 1000 years ago. However, one factor that has never change is the importance of leadership. This is because people need leaders. Let’s explore why. Before we get into the reason why leadership is so important and why people follow leaders, let me share…

What does it mean to make an impact as a leader?

Being in a position of leadership can be challenging and emotionally taxing. Throughout the leadership journey it can feel like you aren’t making an impact, but you may be wrong. So in this post I shall simplify what it means to make an impact as a leader. In order to understand what “making an impact”…

How should leaders behave on social media?

We live in a world of immediate influence via social media platforms where the actions of leaders can spark life changing inspiration, or incite violent chaos. We only need to go as far back as the US Presidential elections in November 2020, where the losing candidate, Donald Trump, incited a violent riot on the nation’s…

Quick fire leadership questions: Part 5

Welcome to part three of this series of posts where I tackle quick fire leadership questions. I receive lots of questions from various platforms which require concise answers. So in this series I will be sharing my responses to these questions. Did you miss part one, two, three or four? Question 1: “How do I…