I’ve been looking on professional networking sites at the profiles of many leaders, and have been more surprised by what they don’t share, than what they do. Quite rightly, their stories tell of technical, operational, functional competence and skill-sets – the whats. But so many fail to acknowledge a key element of their leadership success: their talent… Read More The whats and the hows . . .
A family member tells us the lengthiest of stories. Their best involved a vivid description of the furniture in their bedroom, to explain where they kept their Will. We learnt the colour of the carpet, the age of the bed (why?), the difference between the wardrobes in their room – subsequently identified as Wardrobe No.… Read More Wardrobe No. 2 . . .
As a leader, you’ll have a responsibility for working hard to develop people. Not just as a one-off, but continually. How? Perhaps, through: quality 1:1s sharing your skills and knowledge securing training for them offering mentoring or coaching giving them access to shadowing and secondment setting objectives reviewing goals and priorities It’s… Read More Not interested?
I’ve had an epiphany. One I thought worth sharing. It’s about listening. Really listening. It happened a few weeks ago, and since then I’ve been testing the waters just to see if what I’d noticed could really be true. Let me be clear. I’m a trained and qualified coach (with every day still a school… Read More Give in to it
Many years ago I entered into the world of my first higher education studies, to be told there was an expectation that I’d have to keep a synoptic review. Ah, if only they’d thought to speak in a little plainer English to the novice scholar that I was, I’d have known they meant a diary,… Read More Seeing it clearly . . .
Colonel Tim Collins’ inspirational speech . . . Kenneth Branagh does him proud. Enjoy!
What development have you had in the last 12 months? Be honest. Was your instinct to cite a training course you’ve just completed? Well if it was, you wouldn’t be alone, and it’s a common answer. Training courses are great opportunities to acquire or refresh a technical, operational or functional competence, and so are spot… Read More Let’s make a deal . . .
Many people who’ve worked with me know my Platinum model, and I’m sharing it again, here, having been reminded of it this week by a client who remembered it from a coaching session long ago, yet who still finds it useful. It goes like this: I designed my Platinum Model when managing a fabulous team. They were skilled,… Read More Going for gold
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