Introduction There is no need for a captain for a ship intended to stay in a port. The captain is needed to navigate across the rough seas. I was at sea myself and learned the tough way a serious lesson – I wouldn’t go on-board with a captain whom I don’t trust [...]
Introduction What if all my investments will be successful, or 80% of them, at least? In what I should invest or provide credits to secure the highest return on investments? Investing in a product is a blind bet without a strong and compelling vision in which this product resides. Vision is a [...]
Conscious awareness reaching its peak leads to the formation of vision in a leader; such a leader materialises the present and uses a path to the future, opines Dr Oleg Konovalov, a thought leader, author, business educator, consultant, and coach. Dr Konovalov is also on the Thinkers50 radar, has been recognized [...]
Introduction We live in a time of leadership blindness. All leaders claim to have a vision. At best, the vast majority are only pretending. In truth, about 0.1% of business, social, or political leaders actually can be called visionaries or visionary leaders. What differentiates the true visionary leaders from those who wish [...]
A Leader’s Courage For A Team’s Success I was almost a half-way through a training program on leadership and corporate culture with the executives of a medium-sized software company, when I realized something felt wrong. That feeling became stronger with every team coaching session. It felt like a well-sponsored football team that [...]
Sincere appreciation of someone’s effort and support defines mutual growth and success. Gratitude defines the employees’ involvement and their feeling of being important for a company. Being valued provides a sense of purpose and increases effort, where no one is prepared to be fully engaged if not feel valued. While aiming to grow [...]
I believe that we can change the world and the way we live and work by the power of positive and bold thinking. Our thoughts are alive and nothing is more beautiful than a bold fresh idea that is brought into the world. Since I remember I’ve been very curious about two [...]
The aim of scaling is not to be better than your competitors, but to attract and keep more customers. Staying focused on them and satisfying their needs is key to success. This is how you will stand out. A business that can’t define clearly its own customers loses itself in the debris [...]
This is an excerpt from Oleg Konovalov's new book "Leaderology" (WildBlue Press, 2019). Hi me! If you are reading this letter, then you are about to celebrate your thirtieth birthday. My congratulations! Your life is already full of good and bad experiences, inspiring moments, and plenty of encouragement. I am proud seeing [...]
We are still hesitant to stop trying to create leaders by using approaches and techniques from the Industrial Era. We fail to consider that such a decades’ old approach fails in the new and radically demanding conditions of the Digital Age. Reliance on a few prominently gifted leaders is not enough anymore. At [...]
