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Why Project Managers should invite conflict and relish frustration

This week’s article is written by my good friend and Project Management expert Spencer Holmes. Spencer and I work together wherever we can, and are enjoying building a training video business together. I have just come away from another workshop, with another...

Why doing the Wrong Thing righter makes it wronger

Leadership Skills Training, Management Skills

A few years ago (in the Dark Ages before sat nav) I found myself in the centre of Leeds driving alone at night, on the way to a training event. It was dark, raining heavily, past 11 pm. I’d been driving for over 4 hours, and I was hungry, dying for a pee, and...

Why Team GB is doing so well at the Olympics

Communication, Leadership Skills Training, Management Skills

I’m writing on Sunday afternoon. A few minutes ago Andy Murray beat Roger Federer in three straight sets: blew him off the court, you might say. Last night, in the space of an hour, Team GB put in its most amazing Olympic athletic results in over a century. Our...

Project Planning really works! OMG!

Business Skills Training, Management Skills, Personality types

Last week I had the honour of working with a team of 15 facilitators from our Musikscool network. We were working on our biggest project to date, and it was quite the most energising and scary thing I have done in a long while. Here’s the brief we were given by...

Do you take enough risk?

Leadership Skills Training, Life Skills, Personality types

A couple of weeks ago I was working in Houston with my long term friend and business associate Spencer Holmes. We were running a Project Leadership simulation with a group of senior consultants, including the Global Head of Consulting for a top notch company in their...

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Why Project Managers should invite conflict and relish frustration

Why doing the Wrong Thing righter makes it wronger

Why Team GB is doing so well at the Olympics

Project Planning really works! OMG!

Do you take enough risk?

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