No, this is not your expected headline, but it is true! Photo by Ju Guan on Unsplash The Best New Leaders are Created in a Vacuum No, this is not your expected headline, but it is true! Vacuum is a term used to… Read More »The Best New Leaders are Created in a Vacuum
There are some famous marketing case studies that highlight the importance of understanding the psychology of the consumer, these same findings are important to great leaders as well.
The English Premier League, a Football (Soccer) competition in England and Wales, has been trialling a version of Video Assistant Refereeing (VAR) that has been met with widespread criticism. It, unlike most of the other implementations, defers key decision making… Read More »Two Leadership Fundamentals Video Refereeing can teach Leaders about Remote Decision Making
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.
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