My Library
People are my library, my writing inspired by what I learn: ideas, inspiration, wisdom, and sometimes some eclectic whimsy for good measure, all centred around #OpenLeadership. At the heart of all of this is that I write to share learnings and to discover my thoughts. Over the years i have written (mostly) daily, over 2000 posts and 1,000,000 words (that last part blows my mind, tbh!). Enjoy browsing.
Can leaders coach their team too ?
I recently read an article on LinkedIn from Jude Fairweather of Henley Business School called "Leader as Team Coach...?", posing the question: "Is it possible for the leader of a team to be an effective Team Coach of that team?" The article is an excellent and...
Can leaders coach their team too ?
Is it possible for the leader of a team to be an effective Team Coach? Being an open leader includes modelling and being the attributes…
Get clear on the WHY and the V2MOM method
Get clear on the WHY and the V2MOM method. Love the way @benioff uses a method that a) cascades down through @salesforce, b) is transparent,…
Three ways to “buy” happiness
Image by Jan Buchczik for Arthur Brooks Thanks to one of my favourite deep readers and thinkers, Georgie Loxton, for sharing in her latest newsletter an article by Arthur Brooks called: "How to buy happiness". Broadly, the piece talks about how money can only buy...
Get Unstuck with this approach to risk and impact
How to approach risk and impact to get "unstuck". Approach to Risk - a Shirlaws Group tool Some of the most powerful learning I have had in my career came from being an active part of Shirlaws for years. In addition to deep training as a coach, the business tools and...
Let me help you get “Unstuck”
Things change, but the need to get unstuck is always there for some in some way. I help people get "Unstuck". A common question people ask when they meet for the first time is "what do you do?". As my role isn't common, sometimes I simply give a concise answer to one...
An antidote to languishing – Flow
Thanks to Adam Grant for his NYT article, including the suggestion of Flow as an antidote to Languishing. Here some suggestions for finding flow in…
What does it mean to be on a 1,289-day streak?
Yesterday, in "Give yourself time to think", I wrote about the design of my work, which naturally includes my practice of posting daily on the Insights page of my site. No sooner had I posted that article than I received the notification above. I then looked at my...
Give yourself time to think
Socrates, one of history's great thinkers. If you feel you do not have enough time to think, look to consciously create time. I promise you it has power when built into your routine and structure. “My working habits are simple: long periods of thinking, short periods...
A vision of a 15-minute Workplace
From 1925: Maximum Distance for Community Facilities. De Chiara & Lee Koppleman Imagine for a moment a “15-minute Workplace” vision where a network is created that allows you to work no more than 15 minutes from home. The idea of a "15-minute city", a new urbanism...
Life. It goes on
The Holstee Manifesto “In three words, I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life. It goes on.”Robert Frost I'm a very positive, energetic, and optimistic person, someone others look to for positivity and leadership. However, yesterday morning I woke up and,...
Pairing Visionary and Operational Leadership
ELM "Nine Drawers" by Shirlaws "Leaders who can provide both operational and visionary leadership are a rare but special breed. When you find one, get on their bus and stay on it for as long as you can. It will be an incredible trip. It is also the case that you can...
What is the last thing you did to make someone happy?
What is the last thing you did to make someone else happy? This is one of the best job ads I have ever seen. Period. Last weekend I went out to a restaurant for the first time in over four months, to my favourite restaurant in London, HomeSW15 I was talking to one of...
Be the thermostat
Thermometers react to their surroundings. A Thermostat reads and regulates its environment. A Thermostat embodies equanimity. Later today my guest on WhatComesNextLive is Scott Perry of Creative on Purpose. As I am fond of saying, "people are my library" and I love to...