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Purpose: what’s the point?

Purpose: what’s the point?

What's the point of your job? No, seriously, what is the point? How does it make a difference to anything? Why should anyone care? I have asked this question of many of the mid career employees I work with on leadership training programmes, and I can confidently say...

For heaven’s sake, just STOP!

For heaven’s sake, just STOP!

When my wife Charlotte died suddenly and unexpectedly at Easter my auto reflex kicked in. My busyness gene went into overdrive, and I turned into even more of a whirling dervish than usual. Some might say that over the next six months my list of achievements was...

What to say when there aren’t any words

What to say when there aren’t any words

On Easter Saturday morning our alarm went off as usual at 6 am, and I knew something was wrong because my wife didn't turn it off. It took about ten minutes for me to fully register that this was because she was dead. Charlotte had suffered a pulmonary...

Dithering for dummies

Dithering for dummies

I'm writing a book.  You may well know that by now.  It's the most creative and stimulating project I have worked on for several years, and at the same time the most exhausting.  This partly explains why you haven't heard from me on the Blog since before Christmas; it...

Do you suffer from "Sundayitis"?

Do you suffer from "Sundayitis"?

I used to dread Sunday evenings even more than Monday mornings.  On Sunday from about 4pm onwards I used to get a tight feeling in my stomach, thinking about what the coming week was going to be bring me.  Mondays were better, because then you knew what you were...

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