This post is a personal story about my experience as a Leader in a new role and country and the garden I nurtured along the way. The 7 key Leadership Lessons I learnt from tending my garden – an analogy for the real job of leading. A little bit of dedicated time every day does …
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It’s December 2004 Puerto Williams, Chile Where we [me and my crew] are based for the Summer Antarctic Season. I find myself with some freedom from my Chief Mate duties aboard our expedition yacht Pelagic Australis. A story on being prepared. Being prepared is a leadership attribute Picture crystal-clear blue skies, snow-capped mountains, not a breath …
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It’s 2009, and I am on a rig off the coast of Nigeria. A semi-submersible rig, to be precise, which had been around for a very long time. So long in fact, that I was asked to avoid certain areas that weren’t considered safe. Come on; it wasn’t the first time I had worked on …
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