The Top Three Dysfunctions of a Meeting
For the last 20 years or so I have been unwittingly researching corporate dysfunctionality through my work in Leadership Development around the world. Over that time, from conversations with thousands of mid career workers, I have noticed a pattern in what causes the...
How to make writing a business book a whole lot easier.
I’ve just written a business book. I can’t tell you how good it feels to type those words. It’s called “My Job Isn’t Working!”, and is essentially the top 10 tools I know people find helpful in dealing with the ever-increasing...
Why should anyone be managed by YOU?
There are plenty of highly competent managers on the planet, and you are no doubt one of them. You manage people because you’re good at it, and you got to where you are by showing the appropriate level of competence in the various disciplines of achieving results...
How not to build a dream team
Google knows quite a bit about us. It probably has as much data on our individual preferences and online behaviours as any other organisation on the planet. It also spends much of its time and energy trying to understand itself. One of its more interesting recent...