• THE MECHANICS AND DYNAMICS OF LEADING TEAMS

    THE MECHANICS AND DYNAMICS OF LEADING TEAMS

    I was listening to a great podcast this morning about working with high performance sporting teams, and it got me thinking about leadership in any situation, including the workplace.  There was a discussion about the mechanics and the dynamics of the team and here is what I understood that to mean.  The Mechanics This is… Read more

  • WHEN YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE YOUR SAY…

    WHEN YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE YOUR SAY…

    I wrote an article last week about the beauty and the curse of social media, and how ideas, thoughts and opinions can start to get a life of their own if they are controversial enough.  Today I want to explore this a little further and look at it in the context of organisational leadership. If… Read more

  • RECOGNISE YOUR MVPs BY INVESTING IN A COACH FOR THEM

    RECOGNISE YOUR MVPs BY INVESTING IN A COACH FOR THEM

    It used to be that when the boss said they were organising a coach for you there was a sense that there was something wrong with you, that you might be the problem, that some sort of deficiency needed to be addressed.  Assigning someone a coach was often part of a remedial performance improvement plan,… Read more

  • THE INFINITE GAME (or THE CARROT CAKE SCENARIO)

    THE INFINITE GAME (or THE CARROT CAKE SCENARIO)

    Simon Sinek’s book The Infinite Game about developing a long-term mindset for your organisation. The focus being less about the P&L statement for the year, and more about having a vision for the type of legacy company that you will be leaving for the next two or three generations. As managers of people we could… Read more

  • SUPERSTAR… OR SUPER PROBLEM?

    SUPERSTAR… OR SUPER PROBLEM?

    What happens when everyone in the team gets along well, working effectively together and actually enjoy each other’s company… everyone except one person? We will call this person Riley. Riley has been with the team for over 18 months now and is a bit of a superstar performer who puts out quality work consistently week… Read more

  • “I’M OFFENDED”… CANCEL CULTURE IN THE WORKPLACE

    “I’M OFFENDED”… CANCEL CULTURE IN THE WORKPLACE

    The beauty and the curse of social media is that everyone now has a platform to voice their opinion.  If your opinion is controversial enough, or you have enough followers, your opinion might even go viral.  When that happens you will get extra exposure through the news outlets picking up the story and the next… Read more