Opening the Motherlode of Business Success
What is the key driver of the success of your business? Pause and take some time to think about the answer to that question. When … Read more
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PONG – What a stench!
Unless you’ve been out of the UK for the past week or so, you will undoubtedly be aware that P&O Ferries has been in the … Read more
Realise Your Greatest Asset
“Our people are our greatest asset” How often have your heard that statement from an organisational leader? I bet you have and more than once! … Read more
Motivation: The Key to Building Talent
“Motivation is the reason that people develop talent in the first place.” That line from Adam Grant’s book “Give and Take” really made me stop … Read more
How to Build Proficiency
To communicate effectively you’re going to need Information, which becomes Knowledge, which leads to Experience, which leads to Proficiency, which gives you Wisdom, which gives … Read more
Strategy Gaps and Change Management Failure: An Insight
Do you have a strategy-execution gap? This may not be something you would readily admit, even to yourself. But, please pause for a moment and … Read more
Why leadership is imperative, and how you can unleash it in your organisation.
“Management is not leadership.” Those bald words are from John Kotter’s 2012 updated preface to his 1996 book “Leading Change.” He makes the statement to … Read more
Strategy and Your People: How to Sustain Success
Recently I came across an article in the July-August 2015 Harvard Business Review entitled, “People before Strategy.” (I am not sure the link will work, … Read more
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
Good Leadership: It’s All about Value
Continuing with the recent theme of leadership and the question of whether or not you are a good leader, here is something else you can … Read more