Month: September 2016
I’ll say it again . . .
Keep looking . . .
Taking your time . . .
For the right reasons . . .
The outgoing head of the Armed Forces, General Sir Nick Houghton, talks about the Chilcot report in an interview in The Daily Telegraph with Con Coughlin. I do not wish to enter the political debate about Chilcot here, but was interested in the General’s comments about decision-making and his suggestion that “we mustn’t allow the… Read More For the right reasons . . .
A spring in your step . . .
To forgive is . . .
There’s a bit of an in-joke that my husband and I share. When he’s done something that I feel he needs feedback on, or that surprises me (OK, I mean when he gets it wrong), and when I’ve got over his minor indiscretion or slip up, and he thanks me for my wonderful patience, I… Read More To forgive is . . .
Keeping it simple . . .
A friend told me that in her office colleagues keep a “can of inspiration” – and in it they put ideas about good leadership. Here’s an idea. In your office today, why not get together with your team and decide what you might put in your own can that defines what you all think good… Read More Keeping it simple . . .
Fail for the right reason . . .
Dr Valerie Young is an expert on imposter syndrome in the workplace. She suggests that there’s an important characteristic that everyone who experiences this self-doubt shares: “People who feel like impostors have unsustainably high self-expectations around competence. No one likes to fail, but impostors experience shame when they fail.” I like to think that there is no… Read More Fail for the right reason . . .
Excuse me . . .
A wonderful colleague described how, in a difficult time at work, they had once “trod the path of least resistance” when being managed by a bad manager. A manager who didn’t believe in staff development, who argued openly with colleagues, and who led a dysfunctional team (because they couldn’t manage). And the result? You can… Read More Excuse me . . .
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