Leadership is a Community May 19, 2021 Sometimes it’s the leader who gets the acclaim.But it’s rare that the leadership didn’t have a community behind him. Leadership is a community: a historical look. Christopher Columbus is famous… read more »
How mindful is your boss? April 14, 2021 ‘It’s obvious when there isn’t a mindful boss in the workplace’ says my friend. ‘Office relationships change, recently it’s all become much more unpleasant.’ Why? She says her boss is… read more »
Leadership…and Locard’s Principle. Every contact leaves a trace. June 24, 2016 Edmond Locard was a French Forensic Scientist, born in the 19th Century, who gave his name to a law that remains central to police investigations today. Locard’s Principle simply states… read more »
Managing People as People June 13, 2016 ‘They’re not resources – they are people!’ said one of our clients. ‘So could you do a day for us around managing people as people?’ And so we did. This… read more »
Good leadership. Where to begin? May 16, 2016 There’s nothing like good leadership; and often what we experience is nothing like good leadership! Daniel Goleman believes effective leadership needs three different kinds of focus: Inner focus. This is… read more »
Brexit or Bremain? No one knows… and that’s OK April 18, 2016 The In/Out campaigns are well under way. So what’s it to be? Brexit? Bremain? What’s the right answer? No one knows. No, really – no one knows. People say ‘I… read more »
When our leader evades tax. Why is everyone so angry? April 15, 2016 Our leader has had a tough time recently. It’s not that David Cameron has done anything illegal; tax evasion is not a crime. But there’s an altering climate in the… read more »
The Kerr-ching! of virtue. Why honouring your staff pays. March 14, 2016 I recently attended an organisation’s away day. Future plans for their building were explained from the front, with placid group acceptance; but things suddenly kicked off when the subject of… read more »
Is this an example of good management? What happened when George was sacked. February 15, 2016 In the early 20th century, Lord Northcliffe was the foremost newspaper proprietor and journalist in the country. He was called ‘Chief’ by people in the business, and one of his… read more »
Sir Terry Wogan – What he taught me about leadership February 3, 2016 I was fortunate enough to work with Terry Wogan for a while. I used to do ‘Pause for thought’ on Radio Two and he was generally the host presenter. I… read more »