Weighing up the options
How do organisations decide what projects they take on and what to turn down? Recent work with a small community interest company has given insight into such decision-making. Not an…
Book review gold – The Chimp Paradox
Let’s start with some questions. Do you… Ever say or do things that you later wish you hadn’t? Struggle to deal with stress, failure and difficult conversations with others? Sometimes…
Good manager, bad manager – improving how managers are developed
As someone who’s passionate about management development, I’m always on the lookout for research on development methods and, more importantly, ways to improve the quality of managers. A couple of…
Building Trust
Whether choosing the leader of a political party, or relying on the head of an organisation to turnaround its fortunes the issue of trust, and who to allot that to,…
Personal Branding for Beginners
Take a look at well-known successful organisations such as Google and Apple it’s clear that branding is powerful. Organisational branding is a huge topic on which numerous books have been…
Book review – How to be Human – Ruby Wax
Listen to "Book review - How to be Human - Ruby Wax" on Spreaker. Following the bestsellers Sane New World and A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled, for How to be…
Breadcrumbs and butterbeans
Listen to "Breadcrumbs and butter beans" on Spreaker. Ask staff what they expect of managers, and requirements of the management role, and you will receive various responses. Typically amongst these…
Going for… silver
The focus of this post is on how a team can work together to achieve great performance, and of course the role played by the leader. I think I’ve mentioned…