Executive Coaching | Change Management

Opportunities Unusual -

Leading Exceptionally Through This Crisis

Like the old adage says,

“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together”.

Let’s thrive and transform together!

In early April this year, as the global covid-19 cases hover around 1.5M, my company Rested Edge Advisory made a joint decision with The FinLab to record and make available “totally free and on demand” a 9-part “Opportunities Unusual” video series which will help business-leaders, owner-operators and their leaders & managers... navigate and lead more effectively & successfully.

When Episode 1 of “Opportunities Unusual” was recorded, global covid-19 cases have climbed to 3M, and today as I write this article, it is hovering at 6.6M cases.

This global pandemic will not end quickly; and there will be lots of uncertainty, difficulties and challenges ahead.

Unless you’re from a company in the highly digitized era (many such companies are truly going gangbusters right now), or in one of the few industries thriving at present like biomedical, deep cleaning or food delivery, one is likely to experience much pain, stress and anxiety.

In trying times like these, it is our privilege & small contribution to help business-leaders and owner-operators with strategies and actions that they can consider to help their companies stabilize & survive, transform & thrive.

Why name this series “Opportunities Unusual”?

Times like this are significant “moments that matter” to a leader’s career and his/her company’s success. In difficult times like this, all the more, we must lead exceptionally & outstandingly – leading, teaming, strategizing and executing the very best we can. We must keep our Dream, and we must strengthen our Drive.

If you journey with us through this 9-part “Opportunities Unusual” video series (Episodes 1-9 progressively released from 13 May to 6 August 2020), you will be able to learn and apply:

4 “First Things First” Stabilize & Survive Skillsets

Episode 2 – Stabilize Yourself, Your Team & Your Company
Episode 3 – Sense-Make Your Company’s Situation Accurately & Confidently
Episode 4 – Keep Energy, Engagement & Effectiveness Levels High
Episode 5 – Lead Credibly & Confidently in the “Blended” World

4 “Let’s Not Waste This Crisis” Transform & Thrive Skillsets

Episode 6 – Accelerate Your Next-in-Line Leaders
Episode 7 – Evolve & Transform Your Business Model
Episode 8 – Learn, Apply & Master Change Management
Episode 9 – Digitize Smartly and Successfully

Each episode will be 10-15 minutes long and will share immediately applicable perspectives which you and your company can adapt & adopt to stabilize and transform.

I will do my best to entertain you with stories and will share my hitherto-accumulated learnings, teachings, insights and perspectives in easy to understand and apply format... such that you can expediently and effectively translate these possible strategies and actions to your fellow leaders, teams and companies.

Let’s thrive and transform through this very difficult crisis together.

In Episode 1, I had shared that companies that want their very best years ahead (not behind them) must always consider a dual strategy. Remember the dual strategy as a metaphor of the “hamburger”? If the top bun is “Stabilise”, the bottom bun is “Transform”; if the top bun is “Performance”, the bottom bun is “Growth”; and if the top bun is “Manage”, the bottom bun is “Lead”.

Let’s lead exceptionally and get through this crisis together. We want our companies to have long successful journeys ahead – always improving, always relevant, always progressing.

Like the old adage says, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together”. Let’s thrive and transform together!