The 5 key resistors to coaching…
Let's face it, coaching remains quite mis-understood in many organisations. Managers think they are coaching but at best they are advising and mentoring, very often with a question mark at the [...]
4 Reasons Managers Should Spend More Time Coaching
This is a very insightful article from Weintraub and Hunt of Babson College, highlighting key differences and indeed impacts between managers who coach and those who do not. Also of interest [...]
5 Reasons Coaching is Good for Your Business…
There seems to be a buzz in the air, many organisations we come across seem to be challenging themselves to create a 'coaching culture'. This is admirable and it is indeed [...]
6 Symptoms Of Toxic Leaders
It's a great thing to bring laughter and positivity into the work environment, great for the people and great for productivity, yet it's so easy to derail. Here Jeff Boss's article [...]
Leadership Lessons From The All Blacks
Albeit this Rugby World Cup was a disappointment for England, it did not take away from the spectacle of the occasion and anticipation of two great Rugby nations squaring up to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]