When I started this blog I determined not to use it as a political vehicle. There are, after all, brilliant, inspirational, even controversial stories, and commentary around leadership and coaching that deserve consideration and my time. And in any case, like Ivan Khodabakhsh, chief executive of the Ladies European Tour for golf, today (and let me… Read More Lost for words . . .
There is much to be read in national, and I guess even international, press at the moment about my favourite Soap, my essential daily fix of spying upon 15 minutes of other people’s lives: yes, The Archers. And amidst the Helen and Rob story, the daily tweets from other avid fans, the amazing £100,000 raised… Read More Have a heart . . .
# 6 in a series of 10 weekly 10 minute challenges Imagine if you allowed yourself just 10 minutes in each and every day to think about you Just 10 minutes of quiet time, of reflection, of focus. Not much is it? Imagine what you might achieve, and how you might feel Print it out, cut it out,… Read More Monday morning 10 minute challenge # 6 . . .
I’ll be discrete . . . though if you wrote it, you’ll know who you are . . . but I came across this incredible request on an institution’s website, in an information bulletin for the over 50s: “If anyone has any photos of older people enjoying life . . . contact xxxxx@xxxxxx.xxxx.uk” You couldn’t make it… Read More Life is for the . . .
A friend recently spoke of someone we both knew as not being good at choosing when faced with too many options. It struck a chord. The curse of the big-picture idealist: highly intuitive and constantly weighing up options. But as a big-picture person myself, I heard this not as a negative, but a wonderful positive,… Read More Decisions, decisions . . .
David Cass writes in CMI’s Professional Manager (Spring 2016) of a company he worked in where they seemed to tackle Inbox overflow head on. Managers devoted time hunting down (David’s words) the offenders of unnecessary emails and asked them to justify why they had included that manager in their distribution list. This might seem like… Read More One too many . . .
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