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 […]
Sounds cliche, doesn’t it – ‘treat people as people’. Try it some day – just treat everyone you meet as a person, with care and respect. You don’t have to be agreeable all the time. Dissagree and agree with respect. Listen with care and interest. See the person as a person and not through the […]
Better Leaders, Better Business, sounds like common sense, yet high performance leaders are not so common. Our 2015 open programme for High Performance Leadership is kicking off in March running through to December. Take a quick look at the programme information here and you and/or a colleague might like to be one of this year’s 12 participants. The feedback from last year’s […]
There is much written and talked about at this time of the year to achieve the goals you really care about and have the year you really want. We tend to get what we ‘expect’ rather than what we ‘want’, but often what we ‘expect’ is not good enough, exciting enough, meaningful enough or motivating enough. […]
I was reflecting on the great privilege I had in 2014 to work closely with leaders in many industries and countries. I found myself reflecting on one big theme that frequently arose for my clients throughout the year. As we worked though the business challenges of change, growth, threats and opportunities, we would often land […]
Better Leaders, Better Business, sounds like common sense, yet high performance leaders are not so common. Our 2014 open programme for High Performance Leadership is kicking off in March running through to December. The feedback from last year’s programme was very positive and encouraging. ‘This Leadership programme was a worthwhile opportunity to get out of the whirlwind of […]
We tend to be a more reflective mood at this time of the year so you might find the following exercise timely – by the way, it only works …… and it works the more you do it! 2014 could be ‘your best year ever’ – a little Reflection and Intention might ensure it is your best year […]
As I scramble through my stories and experiences of 2013 I asked myself, “so what”? So, here are a few ‘so whats’ or leadership thoughts and reflections from my 2013 journey that I will take into 2014 – they may help you too. These ‘so whats’ are from my observations and experiences working with a […]
Whether you are thinking of your business or yourself, here’s an exercise that will put some currency in your ‘success’ account for 2013 and, if my experience is anything to go by, “it only works!” It works even more if you have done this before because you now know it works – you believe – […]
Happy New Year, I had the privilege to spend much of my time last year helping enable the aspiring and future leaders within my client’s businesses. I’ve now put together a one-year Open Leadership Programme for the ‘next generation’ of leadership in businesses. I have also invited three special contributors: a world-class performance psychologist who has helped […]