Collaborative Culture
“People are becoming increasingly intolerant of companies without a Collaborative Culture …” ~ Roger Fairhead If the people driving the strategy aren’t passionate about the change you want to make, then you stand no chance of implementing a plan. What is corporate culture? I first noticed corporate culture when I moved to my second employer. […]
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A soul whose intentions are good
All leaders are flawed … Recently I was looking for examples of a great leader. It seems that we’ve always had some good leaders among us, and we’ve often even had some impressive leaders demonstrating moments of absolute brilliance. However, from my research, we’ve rarely seen a great leader. Leaders who don’t rely on their […]
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Seeing Beyond The Horizon
The horizon is closer now than it’s ever been. I was listening to one of my favourite leadership voices recently, and I was reminded of one of his recent messages. John Maxwell was introducing the second publication of one of his earliest and most widely purchased books “Developing the Leaders within you 2.0” when he […]
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Digital indigestion
Nutrition, and the all you can eat buffet Leadership has never been more important than in times of uncertainty, and we’ve not experienced as much uncertainty as we’re facing now for several generations. At the same time, we have an enormous quantity of leadership advice coming our way from every direction, and it can seem […]
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This can be a new day for your leadership
Leadership is … bringing certainty into an uncertain world A key aspect of leadership is to bring certainty into a world filled with uncertainty. This season has left many of us in the dark, and unsure how to provide clear direction in our leadership. At the start of last year when the pandemic struck and […]
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Taking Offence
“I’d like several other fences to be taken into consideration” ~ Ronnie Barker as Fletcher from the TV Series, “Porridge”. Ronnie Barker played the part of Norman Stanley Fletcher in a TV comedy series called Porridge. Barker’s character was of a soft-hearted hardened criminal who regularly had a run-in with two of his prison wardens, […]
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Making a difference in 2021
What’s the difference you want to make, and what makes you different? ~ Roger Fairhead We are about to embark on the second year of The Disruption, and this time of year gives many people time to pause and to think about what we’re going to look back on next Christmas as 2021 draws to […]
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How to make your business Pandemic Tolerant (5)
“The Personal Productivity Planner is the planner I have always wanted.” So far in this mini-series, we have looked at the difference you want to make, and what makes you different. We then explored what you need to do to make your business Pandemic Tolerant and fit for the 21st Century and went on to […]
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How to make your business Pandemic Tolerant (3)
Identifying the outcomes that will make the difference you want to make become a reality. In the last few years, my wife Sue, and I have started some remodelling of our house. Our kitchen furniture had been installed by the previous occupants of our house and they had made a lovely family environment that has […]
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Instincts and Integrity
When you know it in your “knower”. Some years ago, I was chatting with my friend Ernie, the leader of a local organisation, as people were gathering for an event, and as a couple passed us by, he enquired of me about them and their relationship, and then he said: “Don’t you just get the […]
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