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every man in the fleet knows what to do except the commanding admiral
These words were written by Ian Fleming for his creation M to utter in conversation with 007 and they convey an important leadership principle. Read more…
the power of words
Language has fascinated me for as long as I can remember; to listen to someone speak well or to read something well written is a joy. Language evolves though and even in my lifetime there has been a lot of change. Read more…
history is not bunk
Life is not simple, for very few things that we have to deal with are as easy as yes or no. In most cases there are a range of factors that have to be taken into account and these will include possible outcomes of each option before us; the consequences of our actions, and not only in terms of how these affect us, but how they affect others. Read more…
how well can you manage if a crisis overtakes you?
Welcome back to all of those who have taken time off over the holiday season and are re-joining those of us who have had to, or like me have chosen to, work through.
It has been a fraught couple of weeks for some with a series of disasters some of which are ongoing. These things can happen on any day of the year, but when they happen at a time when many are expecting to be celebrating they are more poignant. Read more…
three things you need to succeed
There are three aspects to performance that everything else hangs on. Without them you can function, but if you want to achieve anything specific you need all three. Read more…
Indignation plays no part in objectivity.
This was something that came to me when reviewing the notes from a mentoring session last week where we had been working on dealing with unwelcome feedback. Read more…
feeling the force
Last week I talked about celebrating mistakes, and that was still fresh in mind when I read something on social media about trusting your instincts and that makes a nice connection. Read more…
why not celebrate your failures?
It is always great to talk about your successes, But for a few months now I have been writing about projects where have had problems, where we made mistakes, didn’t cover all of the angles, made assumptions or maybe took our eye off the ball types of scenario. Read more…
musings on competition from cheerleaders to infinity
A bit of a mixed bag of threads this morning, but often in life, professional and personal you will find that many roads will lead you to the same place. Read more…
how to influence, or even join, the top team
In many of the business specialisms we talk about improving our influence in the boardroom; we want to have that presence amongst the movers and shakers and have a place at the top table, but how do we get there? Read more…
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