Richard Flint of Sky Betting & Gaming was crowned as the highest-rated chief executive in the UK for his leadership. He’s led his company of 1200 staff for almost 20 years. Here’s what he says it takes to be a good boss: “The biggest misconception is that as a boss and leader you have to have… Read More Bet you didn’t know . . .
“You are not going to get very far in life based on what you already know.” Charlie Munger
University of Alabama football coach Nicholas Lou Saban Jr doesn’t place much emphasis on his team’s end result – which is surprising for someone who over his career has been so used to success. Rather, Coach Saban tells his players that they need, simply, to focus on the process … on the getting there. “Don’t… Read More No contest . . .
“I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.” President Woodrow Wilson (1914)
Organizational psychologist Professor Adam Grant says that the impact of a thank you note is much more powerful when it’s received weeks, or even months, after the event: “. . . I’ve found that the impact of help, like mentorship, is often hard to see in the moment. It only unfolds over time . . . .… Read More Two words . . .
“I can’t give you a surefire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.” Herbert Bayard Swope
Redbooth and Priceonomics analysed 2 years of data from thousands of workers to establish that peak productivity at work is achieved on … Monday, 11:00. I wonder why it is then that Mondays get such a bad reputation? Could it be that some of us are in fact secretly happy to be at work? Now,… Read More Admit it . . .
“Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” Cyril Northcote Parkinson, 1955
Writing a reflective journal is a huge part of my professional practice – for my leadership, my coaching, and my studies. And the best bit of all? Taking time months later to read what I’ve written – it gives me insight, encouragement, assurance, confidence … and helps me remember to try to avoid making the… Read More My colour is purple . . .
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