My Blog
This blog is for me, it’s my sketch pad where I think things through and work things out. Having worked ‘stuff’ out I think it’s good to declare it, so I am sending it to you. Hopefully you will also find it useful.
Latest Posts
Ramping up, getting ahead and staying ahead – exactly what’s needed, right now.
Live Action Coaching gets the team moving in the same direction, creating a multiplier impact on its progress. And as you are leaders this creates a multiplier impact throughout your organisation.
This is exactly what is needed, right now.
Is your mindset serving you well?
You get the job with your qualifications and you get promoted or not depending on your mindset.
Maybe?
How do you see it, what’s your mindset?
Back to work, things are going to have to change (The ultimate ‘headspace’ challenge)
Wishing things would slow down?Thinking of applying the brakes? Things are not going to slow down; it’s just not going to happen. And hitting the brakes could be disastrous. You have to accelerate while increasing psychological safety – this right here is [the] leadership challenge.
People resist change just when the need is greatest. This reading list will help
Unprecedented change is now, accelerated. We need to increase psychological safety so people can relax into it rather than resist it. But how? Here’s a reading list to get you started though if you want short cuts and hacks read on
We may have it wrong: rethinking accountability
One of the biggest complaints I hear is: “there’s a lack of accountability and ownership here”. I’m rethinking accountability, maybe allocating individual accountability is not the best way of gaining collective ownership. Culturally have we got that wrong?
We’re all in “VUCA” times now
Three weeks ago things were fairly ‘normal’. Now most of us are working from home and feeling very uncertain about what happens next. I am scared and hopeful, both at the same time, this is how VUCA feels right now. Here’s more. Oh and can you help me please?
10 tips for building confidence in times of crisis
We are in choppy waters though we are going to get through. We can do anything when our confidence is high. But how to build confidence in times of crisis? Here’s some thinking …
What are your vital behaviours?
You have a big project to deliver. How are you going to get people working together? Enforce the Contract, hire a behavioural ‘scientist’, draw up a charter or none of the above and just crack on regardless? There is another option and you might be amazed by the results …..
A strategy to the top: 5 steps directors can take to harness tacit knowledge
Here’s some thinking on how to differentiate your organisation and get to the top – it involves: setting direction, having a great “2iC”, letting go and building your team all underpinned by huge tacit knowledge.
Are you up for a trophic cascade?
This story has been viewed over 14 million times and is a great metaphor for the work we do with executive and project leadership teams enabling them to bring about remarkable change.