Ergodicity! I wish I better understood this 40 years ago. I'm realising it's becoming more relevant to many business owners and executives than ever before - so I'm sharing this concept with them so it might provide an insight or realisation they can act on .... for a better business and a better life. [...]
For many years I’ve had the opportunity to work with, and learn from, many great women leaders across the world, and this past year was no exception. To honour them on this International Women’s Day, I asked them what the past year had thought them about leadership. Some powerful themes emerged – the importance [...]
I’ve had the privilege to work with some great leaders over my career – what makes them great is they create a context and environment that ignites everyone to be at their best in pursuit of their needs and those and those of the organisation. Those leaders, and my own leadership experience, have helped me [...]
I have the privilege of spending much of my time in the company of leaders in all sorts and sizes of businesses around the world and I'm glad to say many of them are women. Given the day that is in it, I asked 16 Irish women leaders, working in start-ups, SMEs and large global [...]
The end of the calendar year is often a time to pause and consider a new year with hope and ambition for ourselves, our businesses and our communities. I am reposting here some ideas I have shared over recent years, that many readers have used to help them manifest more of what they are seeking in their [...]
Maybe you or one of your team deserve this in 2017...... Our Below the Line High Performance Leadership is an open programme for up to 10 participants from a variety of backgrounds and sectors that offers a unique experience to engage in an action learning process with contributors from the world of business, high performance [...]
The biggest challenge for most leaders is retreating from the whirlwind of business and life to get some space to reflect, refresh, adjust and renew. In business leaders are paid for the quality of their thinking but sadly because of the intensity of business that quality gets eroded. I am proudly associated with the Below The [...]
Every year, we put together a small group of managers / leaders from all walks of business to take some time out of their ‘whirl-wind’ to participate in a unique leadership development experience. Over the past four years participants have included business owners and senior managers from businesses of all sizes. The blend of participants […]
I have posted this idea for the past five years and it only works. I am grateful so many people asked me to repost it again this year – glad it is of some use for you. There is much written and talked about at this time of the year to achieve the goals you […]
The word ‘care’ or ‘love’ can be tricky ones to use in business. Care is often more associated with health professionals and their patients. The idea of caring for someone else in a business context can be seen as a soft or weak idea in this hard-nosed business world, maybe with the exception of customer care […]
