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When we set up Defy Expectations we had a very clear vision of leadership.  Leadership was not something confined to the few, to those who have clawed...

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Many companies now are looking at how they move people into the next phase of work and the answer is not an easy one because there are so many situ...

Of all the things that I have ever had to do as a leader making people redundant is the worst.  It never gets any easier to do, you can blame external...

The ability to research used to be limited to the few, now it sits at the end of our fingers.  The virus has made researchers of us all.  Why does it ...

Helen wrote an interesting piece in January about having G.R.I.T. OK, she was using it as an abbreviation for some qualities (Gratitude, Resilience, I...

I, controversially, think they don’t. A business has three main aspects; its people, process and systems, and when we look at tackling burnout, we foc...

In the last quarter available, the UK alone hit a record 370,000 redundancies (Aug-Oct 2020) and the trajectory is not good - December 7th saw over 10...

A major theme in our free online bullying course has been just how dominant the emotional part of our brains (limbic brain) are over the thinking part...

Love is not weak, love is not a doormat, love does not compromise, but love is compassionate, listening and understanding. Love does not sit there wit...

A few weeks ago I wrote a blog for Defy Expectations about the unsung heroes of logistics. We are now through the well-deserved euphoria about how ama...

Last week we highlighted the main components of the Intelligent Career Model that underpins our new Career Discoveries course.  The call to arms is cl...

If you had to design a time when bullying behaviour would thrive you could not do better than now.   We decided to launch a free course on bullying to...