That isn’t actually true. Anyone who knows me from days gone by, and certainly anyone who has experienced me on the old public speaking circuit will be aware that I used to carry around a mental list of heroes. With… Continue reading
When negotiations between companies heat up, you need all the intelligence that you can muster. It’s easy to obtain financials and other data, but how do you get inside the psyche of your opponents? Many managers, these days, rely on… Continue reading
What do you do when you realise that someone has been all consumed by their work? They may not see it as a problem at all. Their focus may still be on their role, they may think that their work… Continue reading
Following in his father’s footsteps, Charles joined what was once the family firm in the City roughly ten years ago. Ownership long-since passed to corporate hands, although there is still a portrait of his great-grandfather hanging in the corridor by… Continue reading
We’ve been working together for a couple of years, and along the way seen Beverley’s organisation grow from 30 or so people to 60. You wouldn’t expect it to have been plain sailing, and certainly a fair bit of the… Continue reading
“To be honest, I’m bored. I could do so much more, only petty politics, pointless bureaucracy, and tedious conversations with the Chief Executive just get in the way.” That was Adrian’s analysis of his situation after the first few minutes… Continue reading
A few of my clients are referred by their HR Director. There are all kinds of reasons why this happens, but one of them is that an individual is seen as critical to the success of the organisation and yet… Continue reading
The company that Fiona works for has a high performance management course onto which aspiring MDs are ‘invited’. They progress through a series of workshops that focus on the softer skills of leadership, typically lasting ten months, before being offered… Continue reading
Wake up calls can happen at all kinds of times of our lives. Evan’s came one summer Sunday. He’d driven back from holiday that morning, and the kids and his wife were unpacking the car. He’d sat on the patio… Continue reading
