"Managing those who won't see the middle ground"
This blog entry for the Harvard Business Review explores how one can manage leaders who see things in black and white, unable to accept a middle ground.
Harvard Business Review, Mar 2015
"Differences as assets"
This blog entry explores the idea of accepting ones leadership strenghts instead of merely fitting in.
INSEAD Knowledge, Feb 2015
"Is it possible to know oneself?"
This blog explores the question of whether it is possible to know oneself when so much of that knowledge is beyond conscious awareness.
INSEAD Knowledge, Jan 2015
"Turning high potentials to star performers"
This blog discusses the qualities that turn high potentials into top performers.
INSEAD Knowledge, Dec 2014
"Are you suffering from the wealth fatigue syndrome?"
This blog entry explores the wealth fatigue syndrome. Instead, one should invest in enduring things that matter.
INSEAD Knowledge, Dec 2014
"Exploring the european identity crisis"
INSEAD Knowledge, Nov 2014
"Reflective writing as carthartic process"
This blog entry with the Harward Business Review looks at the therapeutic effect of writing.
Harvard Business Review, Nov 2014
"The triumphs and foibles of Alexander the Great"
This blog entry explores how Alexander the Great shows us some timeless leadership lessons but also some glaring failures.
INSEAD Knowledge, Nov 2014
"What's your readiness to work & lead overseas?"
This blog addresses readiness to work and lead overseas, and whether you are ready to make this change.
INSEAD Knowledge, Nov 2014
Take a look at your strengths and development areas through the eyes of others.
Many of today’s leaders lack self-knowledge. They are not very reflective of their actions; they may even suffer from hubris, lacking a sense of humility that allows them to clearly see where their weaknesses lie. Asking others what they think of our actions is not the best way of finding out. People are not always straight-forward and executives may be reluctant to be seen “seeking approval”. The INSEAD Global Leadership Centre has taken the findings of its leadership development work (gleaned over 10 years of leadership coaching), to develop the Global Executive Leadership Mirror (“The Global Mirror”), providing a lens through which executives can take a closer, 360 degree look at their own personal leadership behavior.
INSEAD Knowledge, Oct 2014
"How to deal with paradoxes"
This blog entry deals with the dilemma of living in a world of inevitable anxiety which does not always makes sense and how to listen to that reflexive inner voice.
Simon Sijbrands, Oct 2014
"Motivating teams with a psycho-dynamic approach"
This blog, published in the Financial Times, reports on a working paper by Manfred Kets de Vries on the Psychodynamic Approach to leadership studies.
FInancial Times, Aug 2014
"Self awareness and team effectiveness"
This blog explores how, in order to be truly effective, leaders must first understand the unconscious motivations in themselves, followed by those of the people around them.
INSEAD Knowledge, Aug 2014
"In search of introspection and reflection"
INSEAD Knowledge, Jun 2014
"Group coaching for meaningful change"
This blog entry explores how group coaching can serve as tipping points for real and meaningful change.
INSEAD Knowledge, May 2014
"Dreams as entry points to executive subconscious"
INSEAD Knowledge, May 2014
"Peer coaching and strategy alignment"
This blog entry with the Harvard Business Review discusses how peer coaching interventions can make a huge difference to the implementation of a strategy or change initiative of an organisation.
Harvard Business Review, May 2014
"The inner compass of leaders"
This blog entry addresses what can be done when the inner compass of a leader stops pointing to the pure North.
Simon Sijbrands, Apr 2014
"Four pathologies that can cripple leaders"
This blog entry with the Harvard Business Review explores four pathologies that can cripple an executive and bring misery to the workplace, and what to do about them.
Harvard Business Review, Apr 2014
"Death anxiety and executive mortality"
This blog entry with the Harvard Business Review explores the death anxiety and what happens when we repress our fear of death and refuse to confront it.
Harvard Business Review, Mar 2014
"The importance of top team alignment"
This blog entry addresses the importance of top team alignment programmes.
Simon Sijbrands, Mar 2014
This blog entry with the Harvard Business Review explore the manic-depressive leaders, who are great in a crisis, but overestimating their capabilities can try to do more than they can handle.
Harvard Business Review, Mar 2014
"Succession & when it's time to let go"
This blog entry with the Harvard Business Review discusses the three phases of a CEO's lifespan and what happens when leaders outstay their time and performance starts to decline.
Harvard Business Review, Mar 2014
"Complexity of the mental models of the leaders"
This blog entry discusses the underlying cause of the gap between the complexity of the mental model of the leader and the complexity of the world surrounding him/her.
Simon Sijbrands, Mar 2014
"High-flyers and the fear of success"
This blog entry with the Harvard Business Review address the fear of success and its consequences.
Harvard Business Review, Mar 2014
