Consider what in your life, work, and business you have already moved from good to great. Now, what will you need to focus on, and…
Elite Lessons
Are you ready to benefit from structured support?
I love to be a sounding board, coach, mentor, advisor. I love to support others in these different and sometimes overlapping ways.
Designing a Pareto Life
The Pareto Principle of 80% of our results coming from 20% of our inputs applied to how we could use this in our personal lives…
SCARF and understanding the needs of others
Reflecting on Perpetua Neo’s “This is What Matters,” the SCARF model unveils psychological safety needs, offering a powerful leadership tool.
Be unfettered by conventional thinking
I do hope to be remembered as being “unfettered by conventional thinking”, what a wonderful way to be thought of!
Get rich slowly
The desire to get rich fast is pretty dangerous. Get rich slowly, instead.
Writing helps you to understand what you think
If we see the benefit in writing, then we encourage those who do want to understand what they think to be careful in their use…
It’s not who we are
Be clear on who you are, behave that way, call yourself or anyone on your team out when you go outside of that culture, values,…
Where much of what we accumulated dissolves
If you are at the stage of life where you have the choice to let much of what you have accumulated to dissolve, I encourage…
Are you ready to unearth your hidden assets?
If you are ready to unearth your own hidden assets – what can drive up your “M”, your multiple – I’d love to help you…
Elite Lessons – Leading Change
He sees a vision for change, is committed to it, knows he needs to talk to everyone in the business.
Make it crazy to choose anything else
What would we need to do to make it crazy to choose any alternative to going by train?
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…
Everything is Interconnected
A concise definition of Complexity Leadership: Everything is interconnected, and it is all about relationships.
The best teams make more mistakes
The best teams make more mistakes. We must be unafraid to admit mistakes and to commit to improve in the future.
Loving Complexity
I love complexity and so listen for what is at the heart of the problem a client talks about, which then always seems to help…
One more secret to success
One more secret to success, though, is love. If business leaders recognised the power of love in business more, they would surely focus more on it.
Leadership sin cera
Leadership sin cera is therefore sincere and authentic above all.
Quality and getting the right clients
Whilst those stories of coming behind lower quality work and fixing it to their high standards are good and also entertaining (!), what is even…
Do it for them, not to them
A thought that jumps off the page for me was “Do it FOR them, not TO them”.
Mentality of success, not survival
Mentality of success, not survival. Sometimes a line really catches my attention when I listen to a song lyric, watch a movie, or read a…
Evolving over Time
A theme that is sitting with me at the moment is the great privilege I have of observing the evolution of individuals and their businesses…
There are no new ideas
There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.
Take a walk with history
The other day I had some time free in London before an event, so took a walk with history.
Doing nothing can be the best preparation
Doing nothing can be the best preparation. Being rested and relaxed enables me to be absolutely present and able to listen deeply to my client.
Becoming the person you need to be…
Becoming the person you need to be is an act of love. I instinctively loved it right away and it has hung in pride of…
Execution eats Strategy for Breakfast?
Execution eats strategy for breakfast. Building a world class operations system lets you have your cake and eat it.
How rich is your mind?
My greatest gain from writing is that it enriches my own mind. I take an average of at least two to three hours every day…
Your people will walk different paths
You don’t have all the answers. People will walk different paths, including those you haven’t “paved” for them.
What is your “what only you can do”?
Become who you are. Do what only you can do. Be the master and the sculptor of yourself. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Assume you’re below average
The writer and thinker Derek Sivers takes the approach of assuming he is below average, as this helps him focus on listening, learning, and improving.
Do not end on a high
Facilitators often feel under pressure to “end on a high”. I firmly believe that this is the opposite of the best way to gain optimal…
The importance of taking time to celebrate
Take time to honour, respect, and celebrate what has happened, whether it be the life of someone who has left or a business achieving record…
Elevated standards create elevated results
Elevated standards create elevated results. You notice this when you work with an outlier. The bar they set is beyond what most people imagine.
Do you need a Facilitator or a Difficilitator?
A facilitator makes things easier, while a difficilitator finds breakthroughs and solutions in the difficult, not in the easy.
Balancing the Intuitive and Rational Minds
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift. The rational mind is a faithful servant. This phrase from Iain McGilchrist captures the essence of his work…