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Leadership & Coaching

The Power of Executive Peer Relationships

The Power of Executive Peer Relationships

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As I write this article, I am reminded of a proverb I learned in Sunday school as a boy: "As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another." This idea of people helping one another to become better is exactly the purpose of executive-peer relationships and the reason that I founded the Business Executive Network in Vietnam. I often think of CEOs as being captains of their ships; tirelessly navigating challenges as they steer their courses to their ultimate destinations. As if this role wasn’t difficult enough, the destinations often change as the world advances and priorities shift. This constant..
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The Power of Executive Peer Relationships

The Power of Executive Peer Relationships

As I write this article, I am reminded of a proverb I learned in Sunday school as a boy: "As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another." This idea of people helping one another to become better is exactly the purpose of executive-peer relationships and the reason that I founded the Business Executive Network in Vietnam. I often think of CEOs as being captains of their ships; tirelessly navigating challenges as they steer their courses to their ultimate destinations. As if this role wasn’t difficult enough, the destinations often change as the world advances and priorities shift. This constant..
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Leadership Development in Vietnam

Leadership Development in Vietnam

Dr. Gareth Craze, Founder, and Head Executive Coach at Energeia Coaching, conducted formal interviews with 20 executives and leaders in Vietnam and abroad to understand leadership development now and in the future in Vietnam. This raised a couple of open empirical questions for me: is LD among companies operating in Vietnam emphasized to the degree it is in other countries? And, if it is, is it being done so in a way that is consistent with globally- established standards of best practice? Darwin Smith, the former CEO of Kimberly-Clark (owners of the Kleenex and Huggies brands, among others), once said..
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Empowering Organizations with Inclusive Leadership and DEI

Empowering Organizations with Inclusive Leadership and DEI

Leaders have a significant impact on the ability of their organizations to foster inclusive cultures and practices. Inclusive leadership and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) are closely interconnected. There is a global trend towards DEI, and organizations across the Asia Pacific and worldwide are increasingly recognizing the importance of prioritizing an inclusive approach to their leadership strategy. Inclusive leadership refers to a leadership style that values diversity, equality, and inclusion in the workplace. This now extends beyond traditional demographic characteristics such as race, gender, and ethnicity, encompassing visible and invisible differences such as diverse leadership and thinking styles, religious backgrounds,..
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The Need for Upskilling and Reskilling

Technological advancements have made many jobs obsolete and created a demand for new skills, leading to an increasing need for upskilling and reskilling. After the pandemic, this need further accelerated, with many industries undergoing significant changes and transformations. Workers who lack emerging skills risk becoming irrelevant and may face difficulty finding employment opportunities both within and outside their organization. Organizations that fail to invest in the upskilling and reskilling of their workforce also risk falling behind their competitors or stagnation. Finding ways to give new skills to existing workers offers numerous benefits and creates win-win situations for both organizations and..
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Building Organisational Performance

By Michael Tatarski In March of this year, an event hosted by the Business Executive Network brought together dozens of members for a panel discussion with three prominent CEOs. The discussion on how CEOcs can improve organisational performance in Vietnam saw Gary Malcolm, Managing Partner at Lee Hecht Harrison; Marco Civardi, Area Managing Director for Maersk; and Warrick Cleine, Chairman and CEO of KPMG Vietnam share their views to attendees at Le Meridien Hotel. Questions for the panellists covered a range of topics, drawing on the broad expertise and experience of Malcolm, Civardi and Cleine. One guest, for example, asked..
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Feedback Doesn’t Work If What You Need is to Move Forward

Scientists are still debating whether and to what extent language affects our perceptions. However, it’s not far-fetched to think that the vocabulary we use every day can influence how we see our world.  For example, experiments have shown that Russian speakers are better than their English counterparts when it comes to identifying and distinguishing lighter and darker shades of blue. This is because in the Russian language there is no general “blue”, only the specific terms for the different tones.  Do these experiments imply that we can rewire our brain by changing our terminology? I believe the answer is “Yes”.  ..
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How Vulnerable Should CEOs Be in Vietnam

In my many years of corporate training and working with management teams, I’ve always subscribed to the importance of leaders being vulnerable with their subordinates. This concept is emphasised in most of the Western teaching material when it comes to leadership—John Maxwell speaks about it, Stephen Covey speaks about it, and Patrick Lencioni even wrote a whole book specifically on the topic, called Getting Naked. Brené Brown’s talk “The Power of Vulnerability” is currently ranked one of the 10 most popular TEDx talks. These Western values of being open and vulnerable with staff are well-established, and they’re concepts that I’ve always..
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Leadership Teams in Vietnam 

I’ve had the rare opportunity to coach and work with the leadership teams of numerous Multinational Corporations in Vietnam (MNCs). Whilst it can be a humbling experience to work with teams and team members that are at the “top of their game”, it has also provided me with rare insights into common challenges that these teams face as outlined below.  Collaboration Within the Leadership Team  By far the most common coaching demand I receive from leadership teams is support for promoting collaboration. The typical barriers to collaboration I’ve witnessed include differences in personality driving conflict and miscommunication; a lack of..
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Masters Of The Universe: The Mindset of a CEO

By Selene Alcock “On Wall Street he and a few others - how many? - three hundred, four hundred, five hundred? - had become precisely that… Masters of the Universe.”Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities Household name and Co-Founder of Apple, Steve Jobs is synonymous with success, leadership, and vision. Some cite him as the greatest CEO of all time. He championed out-of-the-box thinking. He inspired generations and revolutionized the world with everything ‘I’. But others saw a darker side: the control freak, the manipulator. Mike Slade, Strategic Advisor to Jobs from 1998 to 2004, said of him, “If..
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Maintaining a Strong Corporate Culture Remotely

Despite the majority of MNCs in Vietnam encouraging people to work from home since the Covid-19 outbreak, it is still relatively new to us here. This has meant that leaders have had to get creative and learn quickly to ensure that their corporate culture doesn’t suffer. In the office, in practical terms, it’s easier to have face-to-face meetings to discuss something, and leaders have more hands-on control. But with employees working remotely, it’s harder to measure performance, so many organizations are using technology, competency frameworks, and KPIs to analyze performance and productivity. It’s essential to empower employees too, so at..
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A Celebrated Failure In Psychological Safety – Psychological Safety Is The Signature Trait Of Successful Teams

As the young and newly minted CEO of a large music retail company in the US, I got handed one of those life lessons that has influenced my organizational behavior ever since. It came out of nowhere, was not expected, and provided an experience of slap-inthe-face learning at its finest. My habit was to show up to work a bit early, but I seldom beat our intrepid receptionist or the hearty few souls that seemed to sleep at the office. As was my habit, being deep in thought about the upcoming day, I would make a cursory nod and keep..
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How CEOs Can Build Performance Through Effective Feedback – The Importance Of A Feedback Culture And How To Inspire Employees To Speak Up

For any business leader, accurate feedback is critical. There’s no better way to gain perspective on how your style of leadership impacts the running of your business than by ensuring that staff feel comfortable and confident in providing honest feedback. The depth of insight this provides is almost always instrumental in building high-performance teams. CEOs who nurture a strong feedback culture within their organizations will almost certainly create conditions for successful collaboration in the workplace. The Business Executive Network held an exclusive webinar for our members at which three top industry leaders provided their perspectives on this key issue. Members..
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