Moving People to Action

Conor Neill's regular updates on leadership, entrepreneurship and personal development

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Synchronicity: Paying Attention to What Life Is Telling You This post is part of the series: Jung for Leaders — The Inner Work of Moving People to Action…...

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Strategic Pruning: Decluttering Your Business and Life for Success I was on the EO Barcelona chapter retreat last month. The retreat was based around the book…... https://conorneill.com/2026/06/07/strategic-pruning-decluttering-your-business-and-life-for-success/

Strategic Pruning: Decluttering Your Business and Life for Success

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The Trickster Archetype: Who questions the system?

This post is part of the series: Jung for Leaders — The Inner Work of Moving People to Action Also in this series: The 12 Jungian Archetypes | A Deep Dive into Jungian Archetypes | Jung’s 5 Pillars of a Happy Life When my daughters were 5 or 6 every second question was a “why?” why do we do this? why do animals die? why do we die? As they grew those “why” questions became less frequent. It is…

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The "Wise Old Man": Finding a Mentor

This post is part of the series: Jung for Leaders — The Inner Work of Moving People to ActionAlso in this series: The 12 Jungian Archetypes | A Deep Dive into Jungian Archetypes | Jung’s 5 Pillars of a Happy Life At 53, there is no professional achievement of significance in my life that wasn’t initially identified by a mentor. Mentors have always seen my potential better than me. Brian…

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How to Prepare for an Interview (by the CEO of Korn Ferry)

Gary Burnison, CEO Korn Ferry I receive a regular email newletter from Gary Burnison, the CEO of Korn Ferry, one of the top 5 executive recruitment companies in the world. This week’s newletter shared the story of a friend’s child… who absolutely bombed in a recent interview. You can sign up for Gary’s regular newsletter here: https://www.kornferry.com/subscribe/hr-newsletter I’ll focus on the…

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The Hero's Journey: Every Leader Must Answer a Call

This post is part of the series: Jung for Leaders — The Inner Work of Moving People to ActionAlso in this series: The 12 Jungian Archetypes | A Deep Dive into Jungian Archetypes | Jung’s 5 Pillars of a Happy Life The hero’s journey is about personal transformation through adversity. “Nobody ever said: I went to Hawaii and it made me the person I am today” David Brooks At the age of 10 my…

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The Anima and Animus: Integrating Caring and Challenge

This post is part of the series: Jung for Leaders — The Inner Work of Moving People to ActionAlso in this series: The 12 Jungian Archetypes | A Deep Dive into Jungian Archetypes | Jung’s 5 Pillars of a Happy Life I find it easy to engage and connect with people. It drains my energy to have challenging conversations with people who are not living up to our agreed (or my expected) standards. I…

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Individuation: The Journey From Success to Significance

This post is part of the series: Jung for Leaders — The Inner Work of Moving People to ActionAlso in this series: The 12 Jungian Archetypes | A Deep Dive into Jungian Archetypes | Jung’s 5 Pillars of a Happy Life In 2007 I was owner and CEO of a fast growing private jet business called Taxijet. We had achieved every goal we had set for the business in 2005 and 2006… and in 2007 decided to aim at…

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The Persona: Are You Leading as Yourself, or as a Mask?

This post is part of the series: Jung for Leaders — The Inner Work of Moving People to Action| Next post | Previous Post Also in this series: The 12 Jungian Archetypes | A Deep Dive into Jungian Archetypes | Jung’s 5 Pillars of a Happy Life When I was first asked to become a teacher at IESE Business School, it was a big honour for me and I was very proud of the achievement. The question that…

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The Shadow: The Part of You That Sabotages Your Leadership

This post is part of the series: Jung for Leaders — The Inner Work of Moving People to ActionAlso in this series: The 12 Jungian Archetypes | A Deep Dive into Jungian Archetypes | Jung’s 5 Pillars of a Happy Life The Importance of Awareness We only have the capacity to take decisions and make choices when we are aware. Awareness creates choice, the choice to act or not act. Without awareness we…

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How to cope with Change (including AI)

The leaders who best cope with change in their environments do 3 things better than those who struggle to cope: Awareness – notice shifts early, like a canary in a coal mine. Tools – have many, not one trick. Feedback – write expectations, check results. Awareness In the old times of coal mining, miners took a canary bird with them down into the mines. This was not for the singing of the…

How to cope with Change (including AI)

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It’s hard to engage with a character who isn’t trying

Trying Changes Everything “It’s hard to engage with a character who isn’t trying.” — Nathan Bransford Nathan is a book editor talking about fictional characters, but his insight holds equally true in real life. We instinctively favour people who are actually doing something — people taking a risk and putting effort into creating a result. The sense of Meaning of your life grows with the…

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30 Years of Productivity Advice from Dan Pink

This blog has often shared my posts and reflections about being productive, making good use of your days. Here is 6 time author Dan Pink with another great video on Productivity. Again he provides 12 minutes of gold. I’m sharing his video here. I recently shared his great video How to make 2026 the best year of your life. Do Less Only 5 tasks/day Pick and start with most important task…

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Commitment Intelligence (has 3 ingredients)

You did well in school with thinking intelligence. Life needs something else: “commitment intelligence”. I see it in leaders who win long-term. School problems? Think your way out. Life challenges? Commit your way through. Commitment intelligence has 3 ingredientes: Time horizon – amateurs tend to have an unrealistically short expectation of the time that it will take to see visible evidence…

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If you want 2026 to be the best year of your life, please watch this video…

In Vistage we often talk about “success models”. We ask people “what is your success model?”. Effective, successful leaders have one. A success model for a new year This is an extremely practical and complete guide to really making positive progress in 2026. I was all set for making a video of my own, but Dan Pink nailed it with this one – so I’d rather share his, than a lesser version by…

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Set Clear Intentions for 2026: My own Process… and my Intention

If I was to try to summarise all of my leadership teachings down into one word, the word would be “Intentional“. I teach leaders to be intentional: to get crystal clear on who they are, where they are going, with whom and why. In communications I teach leaders to clarify their “Point X” – a visibly clear outcome from each interaction. How can you become Intentional? Write some goals down,…

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How to Balance Exploration and Exploitation for Success

I watched a wonderful speech by Rory Sutherland on my flight recently from Barcelona to Dublin. He shared several valuable concepts, but one that stuck with me – how to balance Exploration and Exploitation in our lives and in our businesses. Explore new things. Then focus on what works.   If you only explore, you never get results.   If you only focus, you miss chances.   What’s your…

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