Leadership Articles
A View to Die For?
Above: About 300 climbers on Mount Everest forming a long queue as they trek towards their ultimate goal of reaching the summit. Because there are only a few small windows…
Mountains Aren’t Climbed While Sitting Inside A Tent
Setbacks can happen at anytime, and they have a habit of not giving you any warning. But what matters more is what you do about them that produces a good…
Everest 60 Years Later – Leadership Lessons (Part 2)
Everest 60 Years Later – Leadership Lessons through the Decades (Part 2) By David Lim In the previous issue of this magazine I explored the key leadership lessons gleaned from…
Everest 60 Years Later – Leadership Lessons through the Decades
By David Lim for CFO magazine May 29th just a short while go marked the 60th anniversary of the first ascent of Mt Everest. Since that historic ascent by Tenzing…
Goal-Getting in 2014 – How It’s Done
Every few years , I catch up on the research and thinking around the globe on that terrifying exercise (to some) called goal-setting, or for some “New Year resolutions”. For…
Kangaroo Boxing and Leadership Lessons
Kangaroo Boxing and Leadership Lessons I’ve watched the recent power struggle between the Australian PM, and her ex-foreign minister, as a disinterested observer. More interestingly, it reminded me of some…
Nice is Overrated
One of the most impactful news stories recently was the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. As a personal fan of the Macintosh, and all its variants of the desktop…
Final Message for 2011: How to Be Happy
Thanks for being connected to me. After nearly 60 keynotes and programmes in our 2010-11 financial year, we’re planning on giving you more value in 2012. Translating some of the…
Four Lessons from Kilimanjaro
Four Lessons from Kilimanjaro By David Lim With a few final gasps of the rarefied air, you haul yourself up a final set of rocks to have your head torch…