Blogs & Insights

As infants we are generally encouraged and motivated in our endeavours by parents and close family members (especially grandparents) telling us that everything we draw, write, create is “great”, “wonderful”, “so clever” and ...

Courage is critical for leaders and for business success.  I doubt this will come as a surprise to you – especially if you have been leading an organisation or department for some time.  The question is, ...

Some while ago I posted a blog about the importance of capability in business growth. My primary assertion was that an honest evaluation of organizational capability, followed by the successful implementation of changes to ...

When have you last attended an effective meeting?  When have you last run an effective meeting? What is an effective meeting? Do they exist? Funnily enough, yes they do. However, given the many conversations we ...

One of the things that drives me nuts about business sometimes, is the waste of energy, resources and productivity that bad leadership provides.  Yes, I use the word ‘provides’ deliberately, because, of course, bad ...

Let us begin by asking ourselves how we like to be treated.  If your friend who loves football keeps taking you to football matches, even though you prefer watching tennis and have told them so, how does that make ...

It’s a popular perspective in business – to “leave well alone”.  However, in a competitive environment, to be successful you know you cannot standstill. So, what to do? You know that you must remain open to ...

I hear a lot of excuses about why leaders fail to coach and develop their people continuously and sustainably – daily operational pressure, difficult economic situation, financial constraints to the business, all hands ...

That’s a question I always ask clients.  Quite simply, if you haven’t you can’t expect to be sustainably competitive or to achieve outstanding growth. How do you know you have the right people? A ...

No, seriously – there’s no point!  You can’t talk engagement, you need to do it.   You can tell me that you want my involvement all you like and how important my opinion and contribution is to you and ...

Too drastic a headline for you?  What is the significance of rigor mortis in business?  Interesting question.  What if a lack of rigour in your internal alignment creates rigor mortis in your ...