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vision? leaders don’t need vision
The need for leaders to have vision is a common thread through most thinking, and it has been for a while, but I wonder how many people really understand what it is and perhaps it isn’t really what is needed at all. Read more…
whether we like it ot not, weather will happen
It is back to reality today after a couple of weeks indulging my imagination in providing some holiday humour. I have been asked if my lift party made it back safely. Time will tell and I’ll see how I feel come Easter; perhaps another adventure will beckon? But it is back to reality and for many it is a grim one. Read more…
holiday humour as strange things happen in the elevator
The Cucumber they called it, mostly because of its green sheen, although he abhorred such nicknames and would only refer to it by its street address. The new building, for the moment the tallest in the city, had been visible on and off for some time as he drove into the city. He thought the design was a travesty, but a the job of running it was a job and he had accepted, although he had some concerns about why the vacancy had come up so soon after the original appointee, a well-respected industry figure, had apparently stepped down just days before the opening. Why no-one knew for the lady in question wasn’t responding to calls or emails. Under the circumstances he pondered on the wisdom of starting a new job on Friday the 13th, but one of the best jobs he had ever had begun on the 1st of April so he thought it was worth the chance. Read more…
Monday Musings on Wednesday!
No, it isn’t the wrong type of rain or anything directly to do with the weather. Sorry to break a habit, but things have gotten away from me this weekend and the planned story for tomorrow is not quite done. It has been a hectic weekend and the medics want to do rude things to me first things tomorrow so Plan B has been adopted. Read more…
the rioja revelation; a seasonal tale
Les Floggit left the sales conference platform on a personal high and to seemingly rapturous applause. They would all repair to the bar now no doubt to enjoy the remaining hours of their two day, three night break in Malaga far from the cold of pre-Christmas Britain. A five o’clock check in tomorrow would see them all hung-over no doubt, but for now the moment of triumph was his as he headed for his hotel room. Read more…
a thought, or two, at Christmas
I wrote the other week about how thrilled that I was when someone publicly disagreed with something that I had written. Disagreement is what moves us forward and allows us to grow and being able to challenge, in an appropriate way, an idea is important. Read more…
musings on learning and on lessons learnt
One of the things that fascinates me about learning is how often things just stay with you, even when you don’t always realise the significance, or sometimes that you’ve even learned them, and I try to think about this when I am training, coaching or mentoring people. Read more…
How many FM companies employ an FM?
It might sound like a daft question, but a couple of things this week have raised this issue and got me thinking about the issue. Read more…
A man can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days
This is a quote from Goethe, and it seems very apt at the moment for my days are anything but ordinary for which I am very grateful. Read more…
communication is a funny old game
Life is too short to take it all too seriously and amongst the serious stuff we managed a decent bit of hilarity at the BIFM Scotland Conference last month, mostly led by Cathy Hayward’s observations on communication. Read more…
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