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We have six core skills that we, at Defy Expectations, believe are fundamental to success today. 

Transformational leadership is probably the one th...

 There’s an article in last week’s Financial Times about Philip Morris which prompts some interesting questions https://on.ft.com/3IO3d2j.  The Philip...

• When I got my first management job in my mid 20s, the oldest member of my new all-male team went to the leader who had appointed me and said, “what
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The canary in the coalmine

I once worked in a company where, because of some lucky M&A activity, some of the workforce were either moderately or very w...

It's been interesting watching the Nadim Zahawi saga unfold and reflecting on the reasons behind it and why it matters. You can think about all the re...

Though hedgehogs are one of my favourite animals, instead it is about the hedgehog-like characteristics that we all have and that are unhelpful for us...

Rishi Sunak promises that all children will be taught maths until they are 18.  Easy to say, sounds quite sensible, could be transformative, but it is...

Enduring 2023 – 6 things that will get you through

There’s always a tendency around this time to think that the coming year is going to be a great on...

You can talk a lot about the missions, visions and objectives that drive business,but there are moments when it comes down to a single objective: surv...

Two weeks ago I wrote about the gathering dark, the situation that we are all having to deal with now.  You can ignore it, and if you are very lucky t...

Last week in my blog about the I wrote about the gathering dark, the situation that we are all having to deal with now and how if you are very lucky t...

I have often thought that sailing was a great metaphor for life and business.  There you are bobbing along gently with a light breeze when apparently ...