Many of my friends and colleagues know that I have a strong interest in the prevention of drowning. While this is less of a problem in the UK than it is in many other places, it remains a significant cause… Continue reading
How do you keep ahead when your whole discipline is evolving so fast? How do you get on in your career when the paradigms are shifting every month? How do you learn from others when everyone’s experience seems unique? If… Continue reading
There’s been a couple of times in 2015 where I got myself in a bit of a muddle about the dates of the Bank Holidays and the Informal Drink in Oxford, so I decided to prepare an annual planner for… Continue reading
From time to time we all get ‘volunteered’ into introducing an after-dinner or guest speaker at an event. Over the years, I’ve been introduced myself a few times in ways that make me cringe. Over time, I have evolved an… Continue reading
Among others, I work with senior executives looking for a new role. It often comes as a surprise to them to learn that almost across the board 80%+ of jobs are created for the individual rather than being conceived and… Continue reading
I recently posted an article listing 30 things that people often bring to coaching with me. It is a handout that I use with students on a course that I help run in the Summer but is based on my… Continue reading
For a course that I help run each year, I have a list of themes that participants might want to include in coaching. It’s fairly random, and slightly focused on the participants’ needs in this context, but it might help… Continue reading
Under the direction of Paul Moxey, in 2014 the ACCA and the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) completed an ambitious research project investigating perceptions of corporate culture and its links to dysfunctional behaviour in organisations. This series of… Continue reading
In case anyone wonders what I get up to at the weekends, the Oxford Launch last weekend got a write up in Forbes Magazine. If the link doesn’t work, then here’s a PDF: Oxford Launch Programme Can Help You Build… Continue reading
The diminishing lifespan of companies The average lifespan of a company listed in the S&P 500 index of leading US companies has decreased by more than 50 years in the last century, from 67 years in the 1920s to just… Continue reading
