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What wolf packs can teach leadership teams. Apr 04, 2024

One of the things I love about our clients is how they expand your knowledge in ways you were not expecting.  Thanks to one of them, I have learnt a g...

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We had a fantastic two days – and now “hello reality". Apr 03, 2024

You’ve had a great team awayday or two. Everyone left fired up and enthusiastic to do the things that they committed to. The reason for the awayday wa...

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How to stop the next complex project going wrong (again)!  Apr 01, 2024

 

At the end of large and complex projects there should be a full review so that success can be celebrated and lessons learnt from both success and f...

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Beware of Positivity Mar 31, 2024

“Positivity is one of our values” said the CEO “but there’s a little group of engineers who really don’t seem to believe in what we’re doing?”  That's...

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They fired the Founder! Mar 29, 2024


Whatever the facts behind the firing of Sam Altman, the key take-away for all founders should be the reality that this is not unusual. Founders are un...

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How much diversity to you really need in a leadership team? Mar 29, 2024

As companies change their strategies at increasing speed. They are also finding that they have to change their leadership teams.

We are increasingly ...

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2024 is going to be a rough year – here’s 10 things to help survive it. Mar 29, 2024

Risk management is an essential skill in today’s world.  If you are smart you use it in business all the time.  But are you also  looking at your own ...

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I don't feel at home here anymore. Mar 29, 2024

What do you do when people say: “this is not the company I joined”?

This is something you hear quite often when you are taking a company through a tr...

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Your latest colleague is not a human. Mar 29, 2024

 AI would not be possible without all the inventions that went before, from the wheel to the robot assembly line.  Many of these do what humans can do...

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Lies, damn lies and statistics…. Mar 17, 2024

Lies, damn lies and statistics….

 Let’s start with the quote. I looked it up and was told by Wikipedia: “The full quote — “There are three kinds of l...

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Get out of your Comfort Bubble and start planning Mar 04, 2024

 

We’ve run some workshops recently on prioritisation.  It is not merely a vital business skill, it is a vital life skill.  Life is short, even if yo...

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Are you a brave enough leader to face the truth? #leadership #transformational leadership Feb 23, 2024

Shakespeare had some great lessons for leaders.  Everyone remembers the speech in Henry V where Henry inspires his troops, but the real lesson for lea...

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