Quotes by Pearl Zhu

The purpose of setting communication principles is to build an effective digital workplace where collaboration and sharing are the norms.

Change is simply a shift of the “Old Way - Chaos - New Way” to do things.

Look at resistances to change as a source of energy and where there is energy there is still passion and potential.

The solution to encourage creativity is to maximize use of employee’ brainpower.

Strategy, role-model, systems thinking, trust, relationship management, balance, etc., are all important culture change principles.

The value of an individual is measured based on productivity, creativity, and contribution to the organization today and tomorrow.

Change Agents have a “learning wheel” in their mind.

Digital professionals with growth mind can step out of their own comfort zone more easily, walking the talk and leading change more confidently.

Change is not for its own sake, it’s the means to the end, not the end.

A vision should be attainable subject to current times and its ability to adapt to changing times.

Leadership including directorship is crucial to strengthen the business links and weave them to the differentiated business capabilities.

The boards as top leadership team can no longer avoid, delegate, or ignore the need for technical competency among their ranks.

Digital leaders including board directors today need to understand that the linear management skills are not sufficient to lead today’s nonlinear digital world with the deep learning curve.

Every authentic leader needs to mind certain gaps and bridge the cognitive difference.

All leaders need to ask questions, but they also need to assist in providing answers, to bridge the gap between questions and answers.

Having a title only doesn’t make one a leader; talented people without a title don’t follow blindly, they practice leadership via influence.

From a leadership perspective, the liking has to be qualified and be able to garner respect.

The gravitas in a leader is like clarity in diamond.

Speaking the unspeakable. As a leader, you need to not just listen to what’s being said, but more importantly, whats not being said.

Digital leadership must be extremely visionary, mindful, creative, empathetic, generous, conscious, passionate, and humble.