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Thought Leaders Newsletters

Regular ideas on how to run a commercially successful Thought Leaders practice. 

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Alone Together or Together Alone

The game of being a thought leader is one of standing out and not fitting in. As such, you might have a tendency to be an outlier perhaps even a...

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The Courage to be Abnormal

I am not normal. Never have been - hopefully never will be!

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Don't Let Them Pester You Off Purpose

Our Thought Leaders CEO, Lisa O'Neill, was explaining to our comms marketing team about the precious commodity that is our students' attention. She...

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Purpose and Positioning

I love the concept of “Who you are is why you are here.”

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A World of Opportunity

There is a lot of chatter around what's not possible at the moment. There are still places that can't fly (in or out), there are limited conferences...

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Resistance

At Thought Leaders Business School we ‘teach clever people to be commercially smart’. Paying for, and being offered, something you apparently want...

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A Game Of Make Believe

So much of what you do as a Thought Leader is playing a game of make believe. We are selling the invisible (a service) and as such we will often...

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Certainty

We are dealing with another lockdown in New Zealand. Things we were certain about last week suddenly became uncertain. Things got cancelled. Things...

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The Subtle Activities

As you know Lisa O'Neill and I are taking turns sharing thoughts on what it takes to be commercially successful as a thought leader running a...

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Create Your World

Last week a few hundred thought leaders gathered online for our quarterly Thought Leaders Business School Conference. We call this event our...

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Thinking, Working, and Hustling

I have always loved self improvement. I am lucky I was born positive, so I Iook at improvement as and opportunity rather than being deficit focussed.

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Leaning in and Fitting in

’Fitting in’ is a huge part of being human. Often we create stories around fitting in. I've had many conversations with students at our live...

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