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What happened to the superb owl? This month has seen several world ranking events televised. I suspect my preference isn’t the most popular around the world, or even in my household. However, it does have some lessons we can learn from. One of the biggest events in the USA was screened this week, and […]
Can you help me pass grade 5 please? The day I started my business nearly 20 years ago, I had some really interesting opportunities come my way that I was able to enjoy. One of the first was from someone who wanted me to take their place for a few months. I was to teach […]
Steve decided that he wanted to redecorate his lounge, and wondered how many rolls of wallpaper he would need. He asked his neighbour Andy how many rolls he had bought. Andy said he bought 5 rolls of wallpaper, so Steve purchased 5 rolls too. When he had finished redecorating he found that had a roll left over entirely untouched …
I can’t count how many times I have heard people say they left an organisation because of what “they” did; it might be that John did this, or Jane did that, or a very popular reason is “they” offended me. Rarely, however, do “they” include the organisation …
This turn of events also brought me to the start of a journey into a new season in my life and career. A transition from majoring on sales for other people and minoring on and training, to the new season where I am majoring on speaking, coaching and training and only engaging in sales for the newly formed “Leadership for Business”.
Everybody knows that! There are some things that you either know or you don’t know, and until you know, you know that you don’t know. Things like how to drive or how to change a tyre on a car, or how to make a cappuccino correctly. Everything else is intuitive, isn’t it! Things like how […]
We could consider each day to be like a fresh new cheque (or a new check in US currency) in a chequebook, and we can choose the value to write on that cheque. We can choose to have a lazy day and write a value of £10 for the day, or we can choose to have a really productive day and write £1,000 for the day.
I arrived at the conference a couple of days before it started, and one of my fellow coaches asked me what I was hoping to get out of this conference. My reply was to say; “I am hoping not to screw up on Monday”.
There will never be another you I have heard the phrase “There will never be another you” on many occasions, encouraging the hearer to focus on their uniqueness. In a world of wannabe lookalikes, there is a particular opportunity for those people who can find their unique voice. As we proceed through the education system […]
The lesson here is that where something has all the characteristics of a thing, it probably is that thing, never mind what it is called or presented as, and despite the objective evidence to the contrary.
Roger is a leadership specialist delivering Leadership for Business Achievement through Speaking, Training and Coaching to business leaders and entrepreneurs.
“He is articulate, tracks complex issues with ease and has an incredible gift for raising pearls of wisdom out of the murky depths of people and process.” His passion is to help people to learn effective leadership skills to lead their teams to capitalize on their strengths and passions to realize their dreams.
Leadership for Business also invests into the dreams of families in the world’s underserved communities to offer them small loans that empower them to invest in their future, to provide for their families and give back to their communities.