Happy New Year 2024
Happy New Year! We hope you all enjoyed some downtime over what can be a hectic period. For obvious reasons, ‘Resolution’ is always at the forefront of […] Read more »
Archive for the ‘leadership’ Category
Happy New Year 2023
Returning to work after the break, we have been reading through the resolutions, round-ups and predictions for the year ahead. This has inspired us to use the […] Read more »
A Resolution Approach to Investigations
“I was angry with my friend; I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe; I told it not, my wrath did […] Read more »
Carpe Diem
Like many people I was deeply saddened to hear the news of Robin William’s untimely death. It is always tragic when family and friends have to deal with […] Read more »
Take care with words; they matter more than you may think
We all know the nursery rhyme “Sticks and Stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me.” Equally, I am sure that we have all […] Read more »
7 Leadership lessons from Malky Mackay v Vincent Tan
I am not a football fan but I have been following the events at Cardiff City culminating in the sacking of Malky Mackay with increasing fascination. To me it is […] Read more »
It’s all about perspective.
A little while ago I took a photography course. As a result I now irritate my family by taking my camera everywhere I go (particularly on walks) and (as […] Read more »
Choices for work and life; how employers are facing the challenges
In association with Insight and Quantum I facilitated two breakfast round table events with employers to discuss the challenges faced by the changing demographics of the workforce, how these […] Read more »
The Importance of Being Clueless
This is one of the eight habits in Sahar Hashemi’s book, Switched On (1). I had the privilege to hear Sahar speak recently at a LMW event. Sahar told her personal story […] Read more »
Adapting for an Ageing Workforce – A Glass Half Full Approach
It all depends on how you look at things. Many employees either want to, for social and well-being reasons or for economic reasons, have to continue working […] Read more »
Giving up the booze and achieving goals.
Unusually for me, this year I set myself a New Year Resolution; to give up drinking for the whole of January. I have been worried from time to […] Read more »
The real art of “really difficult” conversations
“The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting […] Read more »
