Right now a lot of businesses are facing challenges. High inflation, high interest rates. Difficulty finding people resources. Buyers avoiding making decisions. A lot of these things are out of our control. [...]
I'm a big fan of Star Trek. Both the original and Next Gen series. What strikes me in both are the leadership lessons from both captains, Kirk and Picard. Lessons which apply [...]
There's an old saying, "If it's to be, it's up to me". It's applicable in business and life generally. Right now Federal Reserves are putting up interest rates. The media talks about [...]
Who’s driving your bus? I’ve been thinking about self leadership. What it takes to succeed in business. To be both emotionally and financially rewarded for the risks we take. In transactional analysis, [...]
I'd like to talk about the relationship between security opportunity and prosperity and the chasm of possibilities this opens up.
When do you give up? Could success be just 5 minutes away? The next phone call? What's your level of grit, determination and resilience? My thanks to Greg Woodley for reminding me of this [...]
If you own a business, when was the last time you stopped and asked yourself, “Why?” Why you’re in business. What your end goal is? How close to achieving you are? Most [...]
Would you buy your own product or service at full price? Are you absolutely convinced in your heart of hearts that it delivers the value you claim? If not, why would anyone [...]
Agility, resilience, resourcefulness. Courage, confidence and conviction. Are all attributes which I believe have a direct correlation with success in life. Agility means you rapidly respond to opportunities and adapt to different [...]
Vigilance, diligence, agility and vulnerability. As a business leader, what do these words conjure up for you emotionally? For many of us the last couple of years have been anything but stable. [...]
How often do you review why you're in business? Why you got started in the first place? If you're like many of us, you may well have fallen into business at some [...]
I’m Rashid Kotwal. In almost two decades consulting to business owners I’ve come to realise all successful business owners and leaders exhibit certain traits that lead them to success. Now [...]
There’s only one commodity you can’t get more of – time! You can always make more money – but you can never get wasted time back. So spend your time wisely. Start [...]
One of the biggest impediments to sales success is buying into the “tall poppy” story. Where we either don’t believe in our own value or just underplay it thinking we’ll come across [...]
Status and recognition is a fundamental human driver. As Napoleon Bonaparte put it eloquently, “Recognition, babies cry for it, grown men die for it”. Status and recognition is often a major [...]
The biggest trap we face as consultants is getting subsumed by delivery. Yes, delivery is why we get paid, but unless you’re constantly out there selling, at some point there’ll be no [...]
It's almost the end of the year. What you do now will set you up for a great 2021. You either relax and take a break after all your hard [...]
I love this quote from the late Zig Ziglar. “Your attitude not your aptitude will determine your altitude in life.” This is especially true in tough times like we’re facing [...]
In conversations with business owners in the time of Covid-19 I’ve been struck by two completely different attitudes. Some said “Woe is me. It’s really difficult and I’ve lost most of my [...]
As business owners, life is too short to work with people we don’t like, don’t appreciate the value we provide and are just painful to deal with. One of [...]
Every crisis and period of disruption such as Covid-19 has seeds of opportunity within it. As a leader you can either curl up or you can double down and figure [...]
It’s an understatement to say we live in uncertain times. The pandemic has thrown a spanner in the works for a huge number of people. We have no idea what [...]
A very successful business mentor of ours was fond of saying, “Business is easy, but people are complicated”. Put another way, we are all skin-bags of emotions. And our emotions can either [...]
What a difference a few weeks make! Opportunities are everywhere. You just have to look and more importantly, take action! A mastermind member who deals with commercial real estate investment was in [...]
The Chinese symbol for crisis denotes both danger and opportunity. Both of which we’re experiencing with the pandemic. My name’s Rashid Kotwal. Over the last few weeks I’ve spoken [...]
The Chinese symbol for crisis denotes both danger and opportunity. Both of which we’re experiencing with the pandemic. While a lot of businesses have massively suffered, a significant number have found new [...]
Agility, resilience, resourcefulness. The three hall marks of every successful person be it in business or life in general. And never more pertinent than in times like these. My [...]
Agility, resilience, resourcefulness. The three hall marks of every successful person – be it in business or life in general. And never more useful than in times like these. Agility in business [...]
As a leader do you ever find yourself saying any of this? Nobody can do it as well as I can. If you want it done right, you just have [...]
Leverage! Archimedes famously said, “Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” Ultimately, leverage is about increasing efficiency across the [...]
Are you outsourcing your thinking? Going with the flow. Letting others tell you what to think, how to act, who to support, what your opinions should be. Or do you [...]
When faced with adversity you have a choice. Hunker down. Close the blinds. Hope it’ll go away. Give up. Or… Look for opportunities. There’s always a silver lining. You just have to [...]
Right now we’re in the middle of the Covid-19 storm. And while we’re all battening down the hatches, at some point the storm will pass. And we need to prepare to be [...]
Right now the world seems to be going to hell in a handbasket. Fear and uncertainty rules. Having said that, you have a choice. You can retreat, bunker down [...]
What sort of leader are you? My name’s Rashid Kotwal. Over 40 years I’ve come across a wide variety of leaders. Some great, others positively toxic. I vividly remember one [...]
Fires, floods, now pestilence with Covid-19. In uncertain times as a population we’re uncertain, confused all the way to downright fearful. And this is exactly when we need strong leadership. At a [...]
Fires, floods, now pestilence with Covid-19. We live in an age of disruption. So it’s not a case of if, but a case of when something unforeseen will come up. [...]
In business there’s only so much you can do alone. Ultimately, your business will only grow if there’s leverage. Which comes from people. Sustained growth and profitability comes from staff who are [...]
Your organisation’s growing rapidly. How do you hire the right people? What should you be looking for? My name’s Rashid Kotwal. There are three predominant ways companies hire people. But [...]
When working with business leaders, we emphasise that everything starts at the top with your leadership. Leadership ultimately is creating a space where people want to belong. And you [...]
