Bring The Best Top 5 Must Reads. You said so! Regardless of how many articles, opinions and posts I wrote there are always the best of the best when you express your own opinion in by viewing and reading them. Most of the content writers today have a top ten must reads, so I have your Top 5 Must Reads…
Can you be an extreme leader? Last year, I attended a webinar by Boris Groysberg. He is a professor of business administration in the Organisational Behaviour unit at Harvard Business School. The topic discussed was extreme leadership using the race between the explorers the British Robert Scott and the Norwegian Roald Amundsen on the conquer of the South Pole. Boris talked about strategy,…
R.E.S.P.E.C.T Why are we forgetting and ignoring it? This week I had some trouble creating some meaningful content to share with you. I was struggling with what to write about. I could have repurposed some of my old content, but I did not because I respect you as my subscribers and followers.This was when I started thinking about the value…
We Are No the Leaders. We Thought We Were. I have never defined myself as a leader during my career and life. Why? You may ask. Because I do not believe we can define ourselves as leaders, others can do that. As I posted another day, leadership is a quality others see in you, not that you see in yourself. That would…
Managers Mentor. They don’t coach! There is not a single academic paper, research about leadership that does not mention coaching as one of the top three skills of a leader is coaching. However, is coaching in the corporate world the same as defined by the International Coaching Federation (ICF)? This post I present my opinions in answering this question when…
Meetings in a VUCA World “A meeting with your client on a quarterly basis where you discuss their business and how you can support them.” Solarwinds msp (n.d.) As such, the traditional face-to-face meetings, one-on-one (101) contacts are less frequent, challenging our interaction with customers. It requires us that engage with them thru webcams with digital tools such as Microsoft…
Provocation Selling In 2008 during the financial crisis, most companies laid off employees and restructured. This impacted all business sectors, with most of our customers and clients postponing investments and reducing chemical spending. During this period, it was pretty common to hear them say “no budget” or “cuts across the board” or even worse “, I’m no longer the sole…
Winning With Innovation More than ever, customers are seeking solutions to their most challenging problems. Whether it’s increased operational costs, water scarcity, GHG emissions or ongoing protection against safety incidents, you should be ready to help your customers with their most pressing challenges. “When launching something new, you have to go for it – ‘playing not to lose’ can never…
Were we too selfish during the pandemic? This is my first post and blog ever! I started this blog as friends, colleagues, and family supported me to share my life experiences in leading, inspiring, in service of others and caring about them. This is why I have created the Bring Your Best with Cas. The purpose of this blog in Bring Your Best…
