Everyone has a view or an opinion on leadership. I have met and worked with some truly outstanding leaders and some who left me quite confused through ambiguity and their own lack of experience. The great leaders I know are individuals with their own way of looking at the world and their own modus operandi. […]
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Teamwork – From Group to Team
Some days are just Magic. Recently we agreed to run a one day seminar for a client’s executive management team to review their current strategy and KPIs. They were highly experienced individuals, not easily impressed, and used to working in a demanding environment. Their leader started the day by inviting them to share their expectations […]
Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats Revisited
We often think – “been there, done that, got the certificate”, but it can be really rewarding to revisit old techniques. A few clients have asked me to help lead their teams to an inspired start to the year. A challenge is to find something fresh, but everything new is not automatically good. With one […]
SIX NEW YEAR START UP TIPS FOR BUSY LEADERS
A number of leaders I am working with have asked some interesting questions about how to inspire their teams for the start of the New Year. Sound familiar? Well join the club, after all we are only human and so is the boss. Each of their questions is an article in its own right that […]
Corrosive Work Environments
This is a big one. We have all met someone totally shocked and often debilitated by being the victim of working in a corrosive environment. In this article I want to explore the following: What is a corrosive environment? How to determine what is the correct path for you. How to avoid the negative effect, […]