We met with Frederick Chavalit Tsao, Chairman of IMC Pan Asia Alliance Group and founder of Octave and co-author of the book Quantum Leadership, to talk about his mindful-based approach to leadership and how he runs multi-billion-dollar corporation. Interview by Declan Noone & Armin Forstner Mr. Tsao, holistic wellbeing is one of the key foundations of…
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Overcome your crisis mind-set with techniques from the Positive Leadership toolbox. By Armin Forstner, Managing Partner, Serrano 99 Management Consulting, Publisher of Positive & Mindful Leader Magazine Déjà vu. When I am talking to clients, business partners, friends, and family these days, it really does feel like a repeat of Q1 in 2009. Back then,…
Positive action tool kit for the coming weeks By Declan Noone & Armin Forstner We are locked in. Every one of us is trying to figure out the new normal, a space between family time, work time and me time all confined within the walls of your home. On top of this, your social media threads,…
By Declan Noone Fear is one of our most primal emotions which so heavily impacts our survival instincts. It has helped us evolve and survive as a species and as such is an important influencer of our evolution. It does however, have a significant impact on our physiology and consequently our behaviours. The conversations I…
How to quickly dissolve negative emotions for calmer workplaces. By Declan Noone In her book ‘10:10:10 – A Life Transforming Idea’, Suzy Welch introduced 10:10:10 as a device that helps you own your decisions while making your life more deliberate. As a device, it forces you to come to terms with what is important to…
We spoke with Rafael Herrera Garland, Leadership and Talent Analyst, Heineken (Spain). In this series, we introduce the next generation of positive and mindful leaders who are taking positive action to foster flourishing work environments. Rafael, tell us more about your background. I was born in Lima, Perú and there I majored in clinical psychology.…
The systematic failure of organisations to enable employees to use their knowledge and experience to understand what is implicitly required. By Declan Noone There is one issue that has arisen multiple times over the last number of years as I have moved from life in the military to life as a management consultant with Serrano…
Are leaders still needed in the age of AI? By Declan Noone According to a joint study by Oracle and research firm Future Workplace ‘as many as 64%of workers say they would trust a robot over their manager[1]’. This study examined responses from 8,300 employees across 10 countries. Are leaders still needed? This appears to…
By Thomas Dodds, Associate Director of Admission for the IE School of Human Sciences and Technology. The Reality Our reality, the world in which we work and in which our organisations compete, is now so globalised and technologically advanced that almost everything can be copied: products, marketing strategies and even entire supply chains. The Opportunity Two areas that…
Young London Future Leader Initiative Report by Armin Forstner From time to time, I stop and reflect on the work we are doing and on the various people we meet and teach in Positive Leadership skills. Most of the time, there is one advocate who believes in the concepts, even though they haven’t yet experienced…
