I went to collect a parcel at my local delivery office. A fairly cheery, polite postal man was dishing out parcels after checking each customer’s ID – a necessity I fully understood. While waiting in the queue – and it was a long one – I spotted this handwritten sign taped on the service counter… Read More Choose your words . . .
David Taylor, in The Naked Leader Experience, suggests that you can become the hero in your own adventure – in your journey towards discovering the life you were born to lead. Even if your story isn’t clear at the moment, and despite the pitfalls and mistakes you’ll encounter and make along the way, he believes… Read More Your adventure . . .
Making lists, writing goals, aims, outcomes, objectives; considering pros and cons, strengths and weaknesses; planning, problem-solving, making decisions. Sound familiar? Each of us, surely, at some time in our life, has been faced with needing to weigh up options, to consider risks, to try to better understand where we want to go next … to… Read More Like a kid in a sweet shop?
First Bus recently launched a short story competition. I listened to a radio programme where many of the competition’s entrants – bus drivers – spoke about their experience of writing. As you might guess, the experience went far beyond simply putting pen to paper in a competitive process with their colleagues. The bus… Read More The small stuff . . .
I suppose it was inevitable that eventually I’d post a Richard Branson quote. A friend was thinking of me one day recently and thought enough about me to share these rather lovely words . . .
In my dream world, every leader would have coaching skills . . . Being able to listen – to really listen Showing empathy whenever possible Asking great questions that enable their recipient to work it out for themselves And if you are a leader who possesses these skills, then you’ll know the rewards you’re… Read More I have a dream . . .
I’m thinking a lot about change. Change in an organizational setting. And I’m battling with the many reasons why people resist change, and why some leaders struggle to support others through it. Battling not because I don’t understand why people resist – it’s entirely natural that we all do, always, even if for only a… Read More About turn . . .
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