Category: leadership
Relationships . . .
You may be familiar with the term “allowable weakness” from the wonderful work Dr Meredith Belbin has done on team roles. And in the context of Dr Belbin’s work, the concept is one of strength in one area being at the cost of what might be seen as a weakness elsewhere. I know… Read More Relationships . . .
Lessons for leadership . . .
On a November night . . . I’m here at a poetry festival. My husband’s sold it to me as a World Poetry Festival. It isn’t. It’s in my home city, and it’s cold and wet and windy outside. Can you sense I didn’t want to come? But my beloved has bought 2 tickets and he’s… Read More Lessons for leadership . . .
My heroes . . .
When Stan Lee told his publisher about an idea for a comic character with spider-like qualities and powers, his publisher said: People don’t like spiders You can’t have a teenage superhero You can’t have a superhero who has problems – superheroes can’t have problems And so Spiderman was born. What a great story. A… Read More My heroes . . .
Collide with the unexpected . . .
Last year, BBC Radio 4 broadcast the excellent, Networking Nation (still available), presented by Julia Hobsbawm OBE. In 5, 15-minute episodes, Ms Hobsbawm encouraged us to think about what networking means. I’m intrigued by brilliant networking. I think we should all do more of it (see Around my kitchen table (04 October 2015) and yesterday’s Note… Read More Collide with the unexpected . . .
Walking the talk . . .
Note to self . . . Networking
No. 7 in my Note to self series. Print if off, cut it out, keep it close.
Back to basics . . .
If only I’d been any good at maths, I might have been a scientist. But I wasn’t, and I’m not. So when the world of popular science opened up a few years ago, I devoured what was being written by a range of very patient authors who gave more than a nod to people like… Read More Back to basics . . .
Bringing them into focus . . .
You may recall my recent epiphany around listening (Give in to it 05 September 2015). It was a story shared from my coaching perspective: well, you’d expect a good coach to be able to hear what you’re saying, and to listen well, wouldn’t you? Listening as a stand-alone skill, is way up there on my list… Read More Bringing them into focus . . .
I just know it . . .
Yesterday was busy. The Gas Man called to service my central heating, but decided to condemn my fire instead – please don’t tell my dog – she worships it; I packed my carry-on luggage for an impending trip abroad, and am wondering how I’m ever going to zip it up (hmm . . . where is… Read More I just know it . . .
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