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Giving Bad News – that’s the easy bit. May 30, 2024

If you are a leader then one of the toughest parts of the job is giving bad news. Often this is to do with something happening within the...

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Use your business skills in your own life. May 23, 2024

We are all encouraged to “bring our whole self to work.  How about taking it home too?  I know people who are recognised as great...

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“I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again (and again, and again)" May 23, 2024

 

There’s a saying in the UK – “It’s like painting the Forth Bridge”.  For those not familiar with it the...

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What to do when AI threatens your career May 23, 2024

There are two threads running on LinkedIn . One from older workers who have been made redundant and cannot get another job, the other from...

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We thought it would never stop. The amazing human ability to believe things go on forever. May 23, 2024

We thought it would never stop. The amazing human ability to believe things go on forever. 

 Humans have to believe in a...

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4 questions to ask about your future senior leaders. May 14, 2024

 It’s always tempting, when you are looking for someone to fill a gap in your senior leadership team, to look at the skills you need...

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Are you just sitting around reading a magazine? AT WORK? Apr 29, 2024

 

Some of the questions we ask in the Defy Expectations Leadership Assessment look at how comfortable people are doing reading and research...

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Getting Stuff Done Apr 29, 2024

Does this sound like your business?  Does this sound like your problem?

  • We have a long-term strategy
  • We have a plan for the year
  • We have a...
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How to get honest feedback. It's much harder than you think. Apr 18, 2024

Honest feedback is really important, it allows you to grow both personally and professionally if you listen to it properly and act on it, but...

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Just sit still, be quiet, listen and learn? That’s not how we do it! Apr 16, 2024

Remember that from school? Sit there, listen, write some things down, take an exam or two and you’ll learn. Generations of children muddled...

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Dear Leader, you are not paid to be nice. Apr 11, 2024

There are endless lists of the characteristics of a great business leader. A lot of them add up to someone you are never likely to meet because...

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How frail is our digital world? Do you ever think about the risk to your business? Apr 06, 2024

How frail is our digital world?  Do you ever think about the risk to your business?

The Electric car looks like a great idea. It has all sorts...

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