How to make good choices How can we stay on track with ‘what good looks like’ when there’s so much else going on at work and in life generally? This was a question at The Leaders Surgery this week and I understand why… It’s one thing to understand what good looks...
The biggest risk in your team and organisation The silence was deafening. A senior leadership team I was working with had just been asked their views on an important strategic initiative by the CEO. Nothing. Nada. Niente. Now this CEO was good at holding the tension...
How to Use Disappointment to Your Advantage There is a word in the world that strikes me to the core… a real punch to the gut … a wobble to my confidence and sense of identity. It’s the D-word. Disappointment. Whether I’ve disappointed myself or others, or I hear it...
Are you a Well-Intentioned or Intentional Leader? Do you lead on purpose? I’m not talking about the values aligned, purpose driven type leadership (although that is important) I mean, do you lead purposefully? With intention? There’s a big difference between having...
Are you a bad collaborator? I’m not one for collaboration. It’s uncomfortable to admit, but I haven’t loved my experiences of working with others in the past and they’ve left a stain. Mismatched workloads, poor communication, a lack of ownership and personal...
Develop Positive Accountability in your Team Peak Performance Leadership Podcast Accountability was once a concept associated primarily with punishment and failure. However, today it has become much more than that—it’s seen as an essential part of any successful...
Reality Checking What ‘Good’ Looks Like “We need to let go of the idea that we can change large complex systems” is one of the uncomfortable truths I often share as I work with senior leaders. Railing against systems that are unfit, unfair and under-resourced is a...
Facing the Hurricanes of leadering and life Hurricanes is a track by Dido – one of my favourite artists as I was in my early adult years in the UK and Europe. Her album Life for Rent released in 2003 was the soundtrack to my life as I moved from a Business...
How to get through the Mess of Life and Leadering Life is complex, change is constant and we are drowning in information. It’s no surprise we feel overwhelmed at times. So how can we get through the mess and mayhem with a little less friction and a little more ease...
What does ‘good’ look like? What does ‘good’ look like right now?…in your work..?…your relationships..?…your health and energy..?…your goals, your hopes and dreams..? What does good look like for you…? It’s powerful to ponder because questions...
IIDM: How to Amplify Accountability Until we get accountability right, we’re wasting our time effort and energy with everything else we do – like flushing water down a drain – and it’s the thing I see most often keeps leaders, teams and organisations...
Entrepreneur to Author: Double your Impact Writing and publishing a book is something many business owners aspire to do, but few complete. Why? Well, we know that publishing a book can help build authority and tap into new potential clients. But what happens when you...
