Global Leadership from Dr. Vergehese

THE CAREER JOURNEY

When I visited Malaysia a few months ago, I caught up with an old friend from my school days. I try to catch up with him whenever I’m back, and whilst having dinner, he shared…

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SUCCESS OF THE MONTH

Previously I shared an activity called Mistake of the Month. Here is the reverse of it, it’s called Success of the Month. This activity works in a similar manner. You share a story of success…

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HEALTH AND FITNESS

You may think why is health and fitness important for my work? Think about the amount of travel you do, having to do all the night flights, being jet lagged, eating different foods in different…

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PRIORITISING

Here’s a question for you: Have you ever noticed that your list of things to do never decreases? Have you ever noticed that the more you do, the more you take things off the list,…

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DAILY RITUALS

I caught up with a friend of mine recently who had just returned to Australia from Vietnam. She was in Vietnam for six months on a teaching assignment. She is an academic who works at…

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COLLABORATION

I’ve been working with a leadership team and one of the topics we were discussing was collaboration. There are six leaders on the team, and each of them has a particular function that they are…

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CASCADING YOUR LEARNING

A client that I was working with brought his senior team together and we did a number of exercises so that we could align the executive team. The operating principles were three values we came…

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REFLECTION

There was a global leader who went to see a wise old woman in the Himalayas, and he said to her ‘Momma G,’ which is obviously a respectful term. ‘Momma G, I’m very, very busy….

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LEADING WITH COURAGE

I was working recently at a refinery, doing some work with a leadership team. The person in charge of the refinery was new in the role and had been there four months. He had changed…

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BUILDING ON STRENGTH

As part of my own professional development, I’m doing a program with an organisation. It’s really about how I can become better at what I do. I think it’s always important as someone who facilitates…

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