I might be weird, but I have an imaginary statue in my mind that sort of looks like me. But instead of being made of Marble like some Greek or Roman adonis, it is made of adjectives and nouns all… Read More »How You Describe Yourself defines your Self — the Power of an Adjective and Noun Statue
I had been employed by the same employer for over 20 years. Within that time I fulfilled 10 different roles with various job descriptions; everything from a paid student to Chief Engineer, an aircraft technician to a fear of public… Read More »The Incompetence — Confidence Cycle; how to embrace every challenge
There will always be times of crisis for leaders. And there will be leaders that survive the crisis and come out stronger for it, and there will be those that do not. That fail. In these times, the ones that… Read More »The Three Essential Things to do When Leading Through Crisis
There is something special about the moments that occur in nothing time. Not nothing as in no value, nothing as in nothing planned. Nothing happening. Nothing time. Our strongest bonds are made when we are doing nothing. We are our… Read More »Have you heard of Nothing Time? Coronavirus may let you experience it again.
Your prediction is probably wrong. Find out why before you start. There is a trend that has been around for a while in areas of management, it is called the pre-mortem. First spoken about by Gary Klein in a 2007 HBR… Read More »Your Project was a Failure — but why?
You wouldn’t plant a seed, then dig it up every few minutes, and be disappointed that it hasn’t grown. So why do you keep questioning yourself, your hard work and your decisions? Have patience, stop overthinking and keep watering your… Read More »Are we too impatient?
I have rescuer tendencies. When I see people struggling I want to help them. I rationalise that if they succeed faster, then we succeed faster, then we can get more done. This is short term thinking, people need room to… Read More »The best Leaders create room for People to suck
We have a problem in the modern world. There is an epidemic approaching one opinionated or offended response at a time. I think I know why.
I probably watch too much sport, I love playing it too. Whatever sport it is I’ll find something in it that appeals to me. Sport has given me so much. It has shown me so much about myself and, more… Read More »The Three C’s of Sport applied to Leadership and how to create them
I’ve recently discussed some of the things I used to help me choose between two very good job options. I realised that conversations and gut-feel were not going to be enough. I needed some evidence to support a decision, so… Read More »Decision Making: When you need your Pros and Cons list to get its geek on!