Leadership and martial arts may seem like two very different fields, but they actually have a lot in common when it comes to building a su...

“Soft can beat hard” is a saying in martial arts . It is hard to understand that one can be soft in martial arts and still win, isn’t it? ...

“Change is the only constant in life” Heraclitus . Then why are we so afraid of it? In the post Organizational change  I have written th...

Does a leader need a special mindset to lead? Gap International consulting firm conducted in-depth interviews with more than 500 global...

For a leader a crucial tool to lead well is to ‘inspire’. I have already covered a difference between managers and leaders (see post: Leader...

WOW – when I started to write this blog hundred seemed a long time away. I even haven’t had a clue what topics to write about in first few p...

I came across an article discussing “ What Leadership Will Look Like In 20 Years ” by Rick Smith. He discusses six major shifts he believes ...

In previous post Leadership and conflict  I've explained what conflict is, the types of conflict and how to resolve them as a leader. In...

Dao De Jing is a transcript of around five thousand Chinese characters in eighty-one chapters or sections. The chapter divisions were durin...

The I Ching or Zhouyi – the Book of Changes is a collection of practical wisdom used as oracular statements and pertaining to every concei...

A while ago I happened to have a meeting while pleasantly walking through the park. Since then I try, whenever possible, to avoid to meet in...

In my blog: Virtue – Morality – Ethics and leadership  I wrote that virtue motivates and morals and ethics constrain. To support that state...

The second example from China’s history for an outstanding leadership can be taken from the novel: Journey to the West . The main characte...

In live situations, and similarly in martial arts, we learn by repetition and mileage, repeating the task again and again. Try to recall ho...

Dào – the Way and Confucianism Although Dào literally means ‘a way’ or one of its synonyms, the meaning was extended to mean ‘the Wa...