Is success a zero sum game? When I sit down to write my blog each week, sometimes I don’t know what I will write about. This morning was one of those days. I…
Personal Development
How often do you sabotage yourself? This may seem like an odd question. Why would we intentionally sabotage ourselves? You may think ‘I never do this’, but think again. We sabotage ourselves all…
I used to be an avid golfer and I set about figuring out how good I could become. I started by hitting lots of golf balls at the range, on the basis that…
I’ve recently taken on an interesting assignment for a well known global company. I am using the Hogan Personality Assessment to help its leaders understand their personality. It is more interesting than usual…
I’ve been doing a lot of work in the field of complexity recently. I wrote about it in this blog. The deeper I get into the topic, the more I see it popping…
My first discussion about complexity ended up with my boss pointing out that I didn’t know what it was. At the time I didn’t care, it seemed like an apt description and I…
I remember the situation well. Just after my boss left for a sabbatical break, a peer told me there would be some changes and part of my group would move under them. Until…
I’ve talked before about one of my biggest leadership learnings. My job as a leader is not to generate a yes, instead it is to generate a trustworthy response, be that a yes…
Are you pursuing short term results over long term success? It sounds like an easy question to answer. Of course we have to sustain ourselves in the short term and why shouldn’t we…
I received an excellent question from Mandy, one of the subscribers to my blog. Where is the line between an employee’s and their manager’s responsibility for that person’s development? Mandy points out that…