As a leader you sometimes have to make tough choices that are outside of your control. You may need to make hard choices to sustain your company’s mission or vision or simply to keep the business and as many jobs as possible alive. Sometimes you need to make decisions that are a result of someonesContinue reading “Leadership when your Hand is Forced”
Author Archives: Rob Owens
Stakeholder Hierarchy
Several months ago I created a “Stakeholder Hierarchy” for my business OnwardUP Sales and Marketing LTD. While I was aware of the stakeholders of my business, I had never gone through the process of ranking them. It was a great exercise and something that I shared with my team at our recent Annual General MeetingContinue reading “Stakeholder Hierarchy”
Ready for Anything
Resilience. We all have some and (should) seek more. It’s a sliding scale and the resilience of the individual, business, community will rise and fall over time. How do you build resilience? I’d love to hear your answer but for me it comes from trying to see the risk and consequence in everything I do,Continue reading “Ready for Anything”
Cleaning Up
I love a good stapler. I love paper clips, highlighters, sticky notes and good pens. I love being jacked on coffee, countered by Bon Iver or Sigur Ros. In essence, I love sorting out my shit in the office so I can get back to making a mess.
Why A Blog?
A personal journal. Getting deliberate with content. Inspire/force personal creativity in myself. Commitment. Vulnerability. Engagement. Less screen time. Less FOMO. Frequency tbd. I have nothing to sell here.
Examined
More or less….. a bit of both. Left or right….or straight ahead. Up or down….. maybe time to traverse. Life is largely defined internally and externally by the myriad of choices one makes. Think, learn, examine… proceed. Correct course and then repeat.
