In these challenging times I would like to share some thoughts with you why being people focused will have longer term benefits once we move out of lock down and toward more favourable times. The term of the month seems to be furlough and I understand the need for businesses of all shapes and sizes […]
With the effects of Covid-19 really kicking in this week I have continued to be inspired by some of my client’s ability to lead their teams despite everything. This article considers two things you might do as a leader to provide practical support to your remote working teams, they are taken from experiences I have […]
This article sets out to question the myth that appears to be a recurring theme in so many newsletters, blogs and articles around changes to working practice because of the millennial’s and how we might embrace the ability of our younger workforce to support greater employee engagement. Let us share some of the headlines though […]
I wanted to share a coaching session I provided to a client recently who brought to their coaching session a topic on how to support them in an up and coming bi-annual performance review. It was an interesting use of a coaching session and it got me thinking, why do we still carry out performance […]
Working as a coach and as a consultant I have been quite amused by the number of organisations that have used “Vision 2020” as a title when launching new strategic initiatives. As we fast approach the end of the decade and reach 2020 I wonder what organisations have achieved in terms of supporting their teams […]
Hitting the glass ceiling, being over-looked for promotion or perhaps you are just head down and working hard and looking forward to promotion……. but getting nowhere? Getting to that next level may not be all about performance, hard effort and working long hours. According to Harvey J Coleman from his book Empowering Yourself, how well […]
The Holy Grail or a missed opportunity? For many years now I have read about the desire to be able to demonstrate value for money in corporate training and development. Type ROI for training into any search engine and you can find hundreds, if not thousands of educated opinions on the subject. There are justifiable […]
How can supervision support your organisation? One of the biggest challenges I come across when talking with senior leaders and business owners is the ability of their managers to consistently perform at their peak. The organisations have invested thousands of pounds in training and development but often wonder why they are not seeing the investment […]
In his book The Next Level: What Insiders Know About Executive Success, Scott Eblin considers Personal Presence, Team Presence and Organisational Presence as three core traits that great modern leaders portray. He argues that developing these core traits often requires an executive to drop certain habits and clear the path to concentrate on developing good […]
In his book The Next Level: What Insiders Know About Executive Success, Scott Eblin considers Personal Presence, Team Presence and Organisational Presence as three core traits that great modern leaders portray. He argues that developing these core traits often requires an executive to drop certain habits and clear the path to concentrate on developing good […]