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 . . .
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 . . .
Working weekly with a group of people, I always enable a quiet period of reflection at the end of our time together. Sometimes this is only a minute; if we’re lucky (and this feels like a luxury), it’s five. When we each return our thoughts to the room and the group, it usually goes like this:… Read More Just imagine . . .
John L. Brekke, Mirror In My Pocket.
I’m a huge fan of Steve Radcliffe’s Future-Engage-Deliver (FED) approach to leadership, and a model that comes from his book Leadership Plain and Simple is one I find myself returning to time after time . . . and as with all good models, I find its power is in interpreting it to the context of… Read More Attitudes and behaviours
Borrowing with pride from Mr Kipling, I’m sharing some favourite words. For me, this is about making life count, about taking opportunities and chances, about shining through challenge . . . and then perhaps looking back on the journey you’ve been on and reflecting on how that feels.
