Why You Need Love at Work
The idea was novel. It had promise. It was exciting. Yet part of me still baulked. “People won’t take me seriously.” “I will be ridiculed.” … Read more
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Good Leadership and Organisational Well-Being
Continuing with the last week’s theme and pursuing the subject of leadership and the question of whether or not you are a good leader, another … Read more
Nothing to Lose and Everything to Gain!
“Mine!” “No! Mine!” How often have you seen that scenario play out? I certainly found it a recurring theme over the holidays as I watched … Read more
Busting Bureaucracy by Eliminating Hierarchy
Rather ironically, hours after posting my blog last week (Cats, Caterpillars and Business), I received reinforcing information that substantiated all my points. And from no … Read more
When will we learn?
When will we learn, or, as Bob Dylan put it, “When will we ever learn?” That is the question I found myself pondering after reading … Read more
If “No Man is an Island”, then “Every Individual Matters!”
As a human being you cannot survive on your own. It doesn’t matter how capable or self-sufficient you consider yourself to be, it is practically … Read more
Turbo-Charging Transformation & Performance Improvement
It is encouraging to know that employee ownership is becoming increasingly popular and more widespread. According to Chief Executive Magazine the number of worker-owned businesses … Read more
No Mas! It’s Time to Make a Stand!
You could count all the words of Spanish I know on one hand, but “No Mas!” is a phrase I remember well (thanks to an … Read more
The Great Training Robbery
Much as I would like to take credit for (what I think is) a catchy headline, it is actually inspired by an October 2016 Harvard … Read more
How to Improve Real-World Leadership Practice
“The science of leadership is well established.” So says Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, a Professor of Business Psychology at University College London. This premise enables him to … Read more