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Inspirational Leadership: what’s the story?

Oct 28, 2016 | Communication, Leadership Skills Training

Great leaders tell great stories. Stories engage people, are easy to pass on, are easy to remember, and – crucially – they appeal to the part of the brain where we make our decisions. If you want something to get done, appeal to an emotion of some sort....

"One of the finest and most uplifting speeches of all time." How Chaplin still speaks to us.

Nov 19, 2015 | Communication, Leadership Skills Training

75 years ago, with America on the brink of joining in the Second World War, Charlie Chaplin made his film “The Great Dictator.” It is a satirical political comedy-drama designed to confront Hitler, Mussolini, fascism, anti-semitism and the Nazis. It was...

Greek debt negotiations: how not to do it?

Jul 15, 2015 | Leadership Skills Training, Negotiations

The Greek government has until Wednesday night to approve a set of measures which appear to this simple non-financier outsider to be wholly unreasonable and unworkable, otherwise it gets shown the Grexit door and European unity is a thing of the past. Millions of...

Why were you born? And what if you haven't worked that out yet?

May 19, 2015 | Leadership Skills Training, Life Skills

“The two most important days of your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” Thank you Mark Twain, that has to be the best quote I have heard this year. Looking back at my professional life, I can see that I spent much of it drifting,...

Why it's so hard to lead when you're scared

May 11, 2015 | Leadership Skills Training

I was recently working with a group of senior leaders on a leadership programme. On the first day they came across as on message, did well in the various activities and we had plenty of lively debate. But something was missing. It felt like they were holding me at...

Leading through storytelling

Apr 22, 2015 | Communication, Leadership Skills Training

I was running a Leadership workshop a couple of weeks ago with a bunch of Innovation leaders in a European Telecoms company. We were working in their Innovation Centre, a closely guarded environment in the bowels of the building. It had no windows, black walls,...

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