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Hamish Mackenzie
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Your most important asset.
As a CEO, your most powerful asset is not your intelligence, your experience, your expertise, your talent or your connections. Your most...
Hamish Mackenzie
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Autonomous working
Increasingly, autonomy is increasingly more important for employees than money. And yet I come across many CEOs who: a) Are scared to...
Hamish Mackenzie
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Keep your eyes on the road
When Success Magazine editor Darren Hardy asked legendary race car driver Mario Andretti to name his single biggest success factor when...

Hamish Mackenzie
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Can you change it?
There are things you can't change: Government regulations, customers or suppliers going bust, Brexit. And things you can: Poor employee...
Hamish Mackenzie
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It's not a popularity contest.
A desire to exhibit "humble leadership" often manifests itself in the pursuit of consensus and a "constructive" working environment....
Hamish Mackenzie
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Drop the delegation excuses
Whether you’re a solopreneur or the CEO of a Fortune 500 firm, delegation is key to your sanity, as well as your success. And yet, too...
Hamish Mackenzie
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DIY is not a leadership strategy
A colleague recently told me about a client of his. This guy has built a $300 million business and spends 80% of his time traveling. A...
Hamish Mackenzie
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Results not hours.
I often get confused looks when I explain that I don't charge for my services by units of time. To me, it would be unethical to do that...
Hamish Mackenzie
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Have conviction in your courage.
Having the “courage of your convictions” can be dangerous if those convictions turn out to be wrong, or if you need to change them for...
Hamish Mackenzie
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I'm not you. Which is good.
One of the more annoying things about what I do is being asked why I think I'm right about a business issue when I know nothing about the...
Hamish Mackenzie
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Why so defensive?
When it comes to professional sports, I believe that attack is often the the best form of defence. This was illustrated perfectly by...

Hamish Mackenzie
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Strange behavior.
A recent article in The Economist highlighted a fascinating new discovery about leopard seals. Bear with me. Over the years, divers...

Hamish Mackenzie
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Hard work
Someone once asked Pope John XXIII how many people worked at the Vatican. He said, "Oh, about half." What about your organization? And...

Hamish Mackenzie
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Selective control.
Successful change is about choosing the right levers. Life is rarely black and white. And people rarely achieve their success in exactly...


Hamish Mackenzie
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Humility kills (careers).
You're good. Maybe even great. So why don't more people know it? I've been fortunate enough to meet quite a few globally successful...
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