What it means to be humbleI met a couple of friends for drinks recently and we got talking about the human skills and behaviours required of leaders in 2025 and…10h ago10h ago
Overworking your over-achieversEvery organisation has five types of employees (which I wrote about here) with the ‘Stars’ making up 5% of the workforce.1d ago1d ago
Clickbait, picbait and our attentionSocial media platforms are still one of the best ways for those in business to educate themselves, with thousands of research articles…3d ago3d ago
Restructures change people, not cultureDespite what you may read in company emails about upcoming changes and the rationale behind them, restructures do not change culture. In…4d ago4d ago
The Loneliness ParadoxI was working with a HR Manager last week to agree on the content for a Human Skills for Leaders programme that I’m running (more details…Jun 13Jun 13
High-performance is not over-workingHigh performance isn’t about working harder, it’s about working smarter with intention and energy. Over-working is the enemy of excellence…Jun 12Jun 12
Engagement is a two-way streetEngagement is a much maligned word in the world of culture, largely as a result of the ‘engagement survey’ (which I wrote about recently —…Jun 11Jun 11
The culture survey: Fewer questions, more actionThe culture or ‘engagement’ survey can be quite divisive. When done well it can provide organisations and their leaders with insights upon…Jun 10Jun 10
How to bust your bureaucracyAccording to research, over $3tn is wasted every year on excess bureaucracy ranging from simple process flaws to overly risk averse people…Jun 9Jun 9
