What are your blind spots?
Hint: You have no idea ‘Every leader needs a fool’, says management thinker Manfred Kets de Vries. De Vries’s fool is someone …
Hint: You have no idea ‘Every leader needs a fool’, says management thinker Manfred Kets de Vries. De Vries’s fool is someone …
Learn to improve your emotional regulation… My personality type is definitely attracted to ‘shiny new’ things and initiatives. Thankfully, I believe personality …
One of the most positive and constructive Stakeholder Insight reports I’ve compiled was also one of the worst received. My client, N, …
In my work, I see many leaders getting sucked into ‘doing’ tasks when their real job is to ‘define’ the work and …
When a leader aims to become a more effective communicator, it is music to my ears. Why? Because they will usually achieve …
Effective delegation comes up again and again as a stumbling block for leaders. When done right, delegation makes your life a whole …
Anyone who isn’t embarrassed by who they were last year probably isn’t learning enough. So says philosopher Alain De Botton. But how …
When you are faced with difficult decisions, a simple and effective approach is to separate the decision from the implementation. This allows you to catch …
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Many of us feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day. We struggle to make time for all the competing demands …
Well-intended leaders being ‘too responsible’ is something I frequently come across. This is when the positive leadership trait of responsibility is overplayed, and …