no such thing as a ‘small part’…
Earlier on this year, I had the honour of attending the Q&A immediately following the showing of Coriolanus - the Directoral debut of Ralph Fiennes starring Brian Cox. It’s a superb movie – a must...
View Articlegreat opportunity to transform your leadership…
There are still some spaces left – don’t miss a great opportunity to engage with a recognised world class thinker who will challenge you to lead more effectively. ‘But I don’t have time for...
View Articleare SMART goals actually dumb?
Before you agree objectives with your team members, or set your own goals, worth reading the white paper from Leadership IQ, a leadership training and research company in the USA. Their research...
View ArticleLeading Change ‘Masterclass’
My colleague Tony Wells and I had the opportunity to engage the leaders taking part in the flagship Leadership Programme ‘Delivering The Future’ on Thursday 14th November. In our preparation for the...
View ArticleLeadership dilemmas
Impossible problems? We’ve noticed that a number of our clients have wrestling with what feels like impossible problems. Leadership dilemmas. And there are no easy solution to these paradoxes. In fact,...
View Articlegetting your ‘eyes’
This is a photo I took in New Zealand of the Milky Way over Lake Manapouri. It was a stunningly clear evening, and the very small village had few street lights, so little light pollution. We walked...
View ArticleA vital change in mindset: made the leap yet?
Reflecting over this past year, one of the recurring themes I noticed was the importance of working systemically. I’ll use one of this years Reith Lectures to explain what I mean. The lecture is by Dr...
View ArticleThe discovery of slowness
I listened again to Glenn Gould playing Bach’s Goldberg Variations while ‘ripping’ my CD’s into lossless format for my new Linn streaming HiFi, and I took me back to an earlier post that still has...
View ArticleGetting the best out of your staff
Many managers procrastinate meetings with staff about appraisal or performance reviews. Managers feel under equipped to deal with difficult conversations and staff often dread the formal meeting. Some...
View ArticleIs “being nice” the key to teamwork?
“After years of intensive analysis, Google discovers the key to good teamwork is being nice.” Snappy headline, but a major oversimplification. The brief article speaks of a number of factors,...
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