Posts by Ross Swan

Alignment is key. Some companies do it very well. Some look at alignment at the start of a change and then assume that’s done and in place. Yet from experience we know the latter doesn’t work in practice. Many organizations approach alignment as telling their people about what they should be thinking. The common practice…

The motivation for the book was the learning that senior business leaders felt quite lonely in the way they had to make decisions. The background research leading upto the book, showed that upto 30% of senior business leaders felt they were depressed. Following this up with the in-person interviews brought out specific stories that’s captured…

Lessons from the spiritual warrior– The new book by Gary Hansel Everybody is a leader. Today leadership has come about to be more about mindset and attitude. Way back the classic older leadership style was about ‘we don’t trust you’! Leadership creates the environment that brings about learning. The more the people learn they grow.…

Good leadership is about self-leadership. One of the elements of self-leadership is maintaining a proper lifestyle and maintain one’s health.  How did you get started into lifestyle medicine? Back in the day when I was mentally preparing to be the 3rd generation in the family business, I learnt that my father was harbouring a few…

The first thing in being a good communicator is to be able to listen. Truly listen, and not just listen physically, but with your whole body. In leadership listening with empathy is how you develop trust. When one notices a drop in the listening, or the leader’s attention being occupied with something else, seeds of…