My friend and fellow leadership coach, Alan Wick, wrote so well this week about the ‘servant leader’ concept of leadership that I want to share it with you. Alan describes out how the ‘servant leader’ engages and develops others – a leadership world away from the ‘hero leader’ of old. He believes the Queen epitomised… Read more
Winning Is Special
There’s no doubt that winning is special. Especially if it’s involved hard work against the odds. And you don’t have to be a goal scorer in the final at Wembley to feel that glow of achievement when you win. Invincible Yes, winning gives you a glorious glow – and knowledge… Read more
How To Retain Talent Post Pandemic – Part 2
Talent Retention Post Pandemic – Part 2 We see a lot of post-pandemic mobility in the job market – people are voting with their feet. In this candidate’s market, employers need to focus on engaging and retaining talent. In the first blog, l asked: What do people want from their employers? The 3 top answers… Read more
How To Retain Talent Post Pandemic – Part 1
How will you retain talent post-pandemic? As far as the eye can see the post-pandemic job market is showing a huge amount of mobility. I’m sure you’ve seen it too. People voting with their feet, a candidate’s market. Which means employers must focus on employee engagement. In this, the first in a series of articles… Read more
Make the Most of your Online Meetings
Following on from my previous post called How to Boost Morale when Working from Home, here are my final tips on how to make the most of your online meetings. These meetings are your key opportunity to engage and motivate teams working remotely, so make the most of the chance: to raise morale bring people… Read more
Pianist as Leader – Could this be You?
I’ve been reading the remarkable story of Derek Paravacini, the fantastically talented pianist who is severely autistic. Born prematurely, totally blind, with an IQ of 50-something, he showed a talent for the keyboard at 2 years old and performed with a symphony orchestra in London at the age of 9. Not only was he born… Read more
Underperforming Teams: Is More Confidence Needed?
In my experience, when the team underperforms, there’s a confidence gap somewhere. Is it in the team? Or, is it in you? It could be the team lacks confidence because there’s no vision for the future. Or their confidence has been eroded by bad management or poor delegation. Maybe they just lack skills or motivation. But… Read more
Leadership Communication – Psychopathic by Mistake?
I recently read an interesting article in the Telegraph on the subject of psychopathic traits among leaders in top corporations. When we think of psychopaths it’s likely to be high profile criminals or Hollywood portrayals like Hannibal Lecter, that come to mind. But psychopath doesn’t mean killer. Typical traits According… Read more
Thinking of change? S-Factor Thinking 2
In my last blog, I talked about using The S-Factor to help you focus your thinking on Strengths and Successes. This is a good first step to reviewing how your life is going. Here’s the next step. If you want to make changes…. Start with the S-Factor questions (see… Read more
How are you thinking? S-Factor Thinking 1
It’s a good time of year to take stock of your mindset and thinking habits. Every time of year is the right time for this! Are you stuck with habits that make life happier or ones that drag you down? Here are two S-Factor questions to start with:… Read more
