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Leadership Effectiveness: Team Culture At The Top

On June 7, 2018 / Leadership Effectiveness Tips

Leadership Effectiveness: Team Culture at the top All teams have norms — not to be confused with gnomes! We found this great definition of team norms in an article on a career website (link below) […]

Executive Vitality™: Integration As Balance

On June 7, 2018 / Executive Vitality Tips

In recent interviews of direct reports of a CEO, one of the direct reports, Sam, said, “We don’t think about ‘work life balance’ as much as an integrated life.” Sam and I started talking about […]

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Peter Wharton-Hood

Formerly: Main Board Director and Group Chief Operating Officer - Standard Bank Group
Current: Group Chief Executive at Life Healthcare