Over the last five years or so, there has been a fairly dramatic shift in the way in which psychologists look at the human condition. For the last hundred years or more, they have based most of their understanding on… Continue reading
21st December 2008: Since posting this blog entry, I have received email from Don Beck, one of the original authors of the Spiral Dynamics approach, addressing some of the issues raised here and, in particular, providing some more information on… Continue reading
True freedom to act is crucial to authentic leadership, and yet it depends on a personal clarity about our beliefs and values, and how we relate to those aspects of life that can never be known or seen. In a… Continue reading
Leaders who lack the ability to empathise with their team especially in what seem to them to be trivia or unnecessary, make choices and act in ways, that undermine their ability to lead when they need to. We’ve all heard… Continue reading
We depend on symbols to make sense of the world around us, to help us find our way around, to communicate with others. Look at your computer screen and it is littered with symbols. Despite this extraordinary reliance on them,… Continue reading
Do the senior partners of accountancy practices really live longer than the rest of us? Evidence suggests that organised achievers live longest. Business leaders who build successful companies, Olympic athletes and even some US presidents are all likely to live… Continue reading
The iron will that you need to bounce back and win in business, sport, or to pass exams even when the chips are down, may be partially inherited, but don’t despair – read on… There are countless stories of tenacious… Continue reading
Why do people who know one another, who work with one another, actively avoid eye contact, and what are the consequences of this? One of the organisations that I work in has a long narrow corridor linking buildings. There are… Continue reading
Hard facts about the coaching market are difficult to come by. The following are not exactly surprises, but it’s nice to know there’s some evidence one way or another. From the Cincinnati Enquirer Co-sponsored by the Tandy Center for Executive… Continue reading
You can tell it’s the silly season when journalists have to take pot shots at the world around them. This kind of thing is most common during the summer recess, but these days it seems the Season of Goodwill is… Continue reading
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