No escaping the truth . . .
Did you spot this delicious line delivered by Martin Freeman to Benedict Cumberbatch in the BBC’s Sherlock Christmas special? What a great example of honest feedback!
Did you spot this delicious line delivered by Martin Freeman to Benedict Cumberbatch in the BBC’s Sherlock Christmas special? What a great example of honest feedback!
Harry Potter and the nature or nurture leadership debate. Makes great reading . . .
Deb Weidenhamer, founder of American Auction Company, says that goal-setting, planning, and managing your time wisely are critical for success. Perhaps a message which might not surprise any of us. It sounds sensible and more than reasonable, doesn’t it. However, she also suggests that there’s another important ingredient that shouldn’t be overlooked – do… Read More Accomplishing greatness . . .
A colleague was told that they had a real talent for . . . . . . “accepting feedback with dignity.” What a wonderful phrase. So I looked up some synonyms for “dignity” and found I couldn’t argue against them, or the word itself as a state of mind, an attitude, a behaviour with which… Read More Dignity . . .
I heard a lovely story a few years ago about someone who had one of the best development plans ever. The storyteller told of not a complicated form, or an over-lengthy list of actions, nor of a tedious template or someone else’s directive (I know what you need to do: you need to create a development… Read More Time to develop . . .
Have you ever noticed how sometimes you can’t quite see what’s so plainly there in front of you?
New to management? What would you personally have to let go of for people to step up?