The Humble Leader
When you think about leadership traits, typically, what comes to mind are qualities like strength, vision, enthusiasm, charisma, and courage. Often overlooked is an essential leadership trait – humility. Sometimes leaders get caught up in promoting their success to a point where they appear shallow and self-absorbed. These qualities inspire very few people. However, what…
Read MoreAppreciate Your Strengths
Over the last half-century, there have been more than 1000 studies completed to define the characteristics of great leaders. Thankfully, they have all failed to find the silver bullet. There is no formula for being a great leader. The one nugget of wisdom that came to light was that you should avoid adopting a persona…
Read MoreThe Big Ten Questions to ask When Looking For a Coach
You might find this a bit of a surprise, but over the last 25 years in the coaching and consulting sector, how rarely I get asked for any of the Ten Big things, you should think about before selecting an executive coach. Now, that is not to say there are not valid reasons behind this.…
Read MoreSpeaking different languages – A Changemakers approach to being understood
Leading transformation always sounds like a great opportunity, shaping the future of an organisation in your own hands. It is shifting of the culture, assumptions, and purpose towards a bright future through a radical change that orientates us to a new direction. It sounds great until you get to that leadership meeting. There you are…
Read MoreSocial Intelligence in a Covid World
It has been about 4 years since I last wrote about the benefits of a minimalist organisation. Back then, I was using the Hampshire-based firm, Cougar Automation, as an exemplar in strengths-based minimalism. They valued congruence within a flat structure that engendered trust. The outcome was that the firm was not only financially successful, but…
Read MoreKnow You More and the University of Edinburgh
It is an exciting journey to be part of the coaching cohort supporting Know You More and Edinburgh University during this time of challenge. The University of Edinburgh has partnered with Know You More to support the professional development of their leadership population. Their development will consist of a coaching programme delivered digitally and…
Read MoreCovid-19 Recovery – A Game of Two Halves
In the last few months, we have been speaking to Chief Executives about their experiences resulting from the Covid outbreak, and a pattern has started to emerge from these conversations. We also, and not surprisingly, have found that this pattern was reflected in other sectors and that there were several key takeaways for executive teams.…
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Free 30-Minute Executive Coaching Sessions
Most of the leaders I am speaking to just now have experienced a rapid increase in pace and intensity of their work and private lives. Since March this year, we have all had to come to terms with major disruptions to our businesses and for many, there has been no slowdown. Far from it. Businesses…
Read MoreThe potential long-term effects on business and economic prosperity from the Covid-19 crisis
For the UK, and to some extent the EU, the emergence of Covid-19 may well result in economic meltdown the like of which we have not experienced in our lifetime. In the present climate, it is nigh on impossible for business leaders and small to medium-size enterprises to plan for the future. As we have…
Read MoreSolid business foundations ensures a successful ERP Implementation
Most authors of ERP implementation agree about one thing; left in the hands of IT consultants and software vendors, ERP implementation projects do not deliver results as promised. Many implementation project leaders do not even go as far as to promise quantifiable business benefits at all, instead, sticking to vague promises of improvements that never…
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