6 Essential Strategies for the Busy Manager – Hangout Video
On a sunny day in September Michael Bungay Stanier and I shared some key strategies on how very busy managers can work less hard and have more impact. We talked about [...]
Do we really need managers?
Our focus here at Catalyst is about helping people do more Great Work and that's about stretch, people stepping outside the lines of their job description (good work) and doing the work [...]
Leadership lessons of Steve Jobs pt 14
14. Stay hungry, stay foolish. Steve Jobs's final leadership lesson and this was that famous line delivered at his Stanford University commencement address in June 2005, 'stay hungry, stay foolish'. Jobs throughout [...]
What’s your great question?
Michael Bungay Stanier's montage of great questions from a series of authors, thought leaders and coaches. With contributions from Jim Kouzes, Eric Klein and Les McKeown amongst others... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRZrdExqJzbdxcDnPFXuBaIkNfoRccZtU
Leadership lessons of Steve Jobs pt 12 & 13
12. Know both the big picture and the details. Some CEO’s are great at one or the other of these, but very rarely both. It’s simply not the norm to be [...]
Leadership lessons of Steve Jobs pt 10 & 11
10. Tolerate only ‘A’ players. This lesson is simple really, Jobs was just interested in working with the best and wanted to avoid what he called the ‘bozo explosion’, working with [...]
Tools for the Time Crunched Manager (webinar series with Michael Bungay Stanier)
Michael Bungay Stanier renowned International Speaker (and founder of our partner organisation in Canada) is running a series of free monthly Webinars, 'Tools for the Time Crunched Manager'. The intention is [...]
Leadership lessons of Steve Jobs, pt 8 & 9
8. Impute. Mike Markkula was an early mentor of Jobs and he encouraged three principles for Jobs to work by – EMPATHY, FOCUS AND IMPUTE. For those of you like me [...]
Ego vs. EQ, keeping in touch with the front line
Jen Shirkani contributes this article to Training Magazine, illustrating how crucial it is for leaders to drop the ego and adopt good EQ by staying in touch with the front line: [...]
Employee Engagement – It’s Importance and How to Make it Happen…
John Baldoni contributes this excellent article to Harvard Business Review with a focus on defining what really is employee enagagement, why is it important and how does it show itself in an organisation? [...]