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Welcome to the Guerrilla World of Transformational Leadership Jan 20, 2022

In my last blog/post I talked about the six skills that we, at Defy Expectations believe leaders will need in the New Normal.  The first of...

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6 Skills for Leaders in the New Normal Jan 12, 2022

The New Year is always a time for reflections and resolutions. 2022 gives us a great deal to reflect on, the last two years have been...

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Welcome to the Future - This IS the New Normal Jan 04, 2022

It’s clear now that the light at the end of the Covid tunnel is an on-coming train. The obvious, and perfectly valid concern is for the NHS,...

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Paying the Price. 6 questions to ask yourself before you take the next promotion #careers #promotion leadership Nov 30, 2021

It’s interesting how we focus on moving ever upwards on the corporate ladder. We very often fail to stop to think whether this is something...

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It's not a good time to be a bad employer #defyexpectations #leadershipdevelopment leadership Nov 09, 2021

One can argue that there never has been a good time to be a bad employer, but history would tell you something different.  In times where jobs...

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So why is it called a "leadership role"? #careers Oct 19, 2021

My first leadership moment was when I was promoted into my first management role. It was helpfully announced in the middle of a meeting about...

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Getting off the Hamster Wheel Oct 14, 2021

I coach several ambitious, driven, people and there are certain questions that come round again and again. One of them appears in many...

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Isn’t it about time we inverted the triangle? Sep 22, 2021

Great thought from Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman – the creators of Extraordinary Leader – to my mind one of the best assessment tools...

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Re-organising again? Here are 6 ways to make it a success Sep 15, 2021

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Re-organising again?  Here are 6 ways to make it a success

 

Technologies and markets...

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9 things to think about if you want that NED role Sep 07, 2021

There are several themes that run through my mentoring work but one of the most common is “How do I get an NED role?”.

Senior leaders...

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Four Questions to ask at the end of a project #leadershipdevelopment Sep 02, 2021

I was talking the other day to a client who is nearing the successful end of a very large and complex project, one that had a high chance of...

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Is your assessment past its use by date? leadership performance Jul 21, 2021

How many of us have rummaged around in the back of the fridge, found some food slightly curled at the edges, looked at the “use by”...

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