Aug 24, 2017 | Management Skills
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...
Jul 13, 2017 | Change, Personal Development
One of Churchill’s most famous maxims was a phrase he allegedly used at the start of each day, and at the end of phone conversations: “Keep buggering on!” – KBO. (His pool of female typists used to hear a politer version – KPO –...
Jul 4, 2017 | Leadership Skills, Personal Development
Last week I bumped into some stark evidence of something potentially very worrying. If what I saw was, as I suspect, symptomatic of what is going on in the workplace, we really are heading down a dangerous path. Sorry to be the harbinger of doom, but I feel a...
Jun 5, 2017 | Change, Conflict, Personal Development
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...
Apr 27, 2017 | Presentation Skills
I have to credit my wife with this one. She has been giving me excellent forthright feedback for nearly 40 years, and this morning over breakfast was no exception. She was explaining something to me, and to be honest I was not giving her my wholly undivided...
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