Are you benefiting from these obvious, but powerful group dynamics? With the focus of feedback and development work, that we’ve seen, being upon “what people need to improve on”, there’s not much chance of extra pride washing around that teams can benefit from. In fact, quite the opposite - the majority of people feeling pretty [...]
so, for April you can only be judged on one thing… your colleagues will shape their view of you based around this one thing… your managers and leaders will identify your value to the business based upon this same one thing… people outside of the business will make their judgements of you on just this [...]
If you do a great job of developing your confidence because you;1. know your strengths2. value those strengths3. know how to exploit those strengths consistently,then it is very likely that you can keep asking a simple question of yourself in order to perform at your best“how confident am I that I can be myself today?”hopefully, [...]
… is apparently a very good place to work indeed (if you use some criteria we like!). In their recent advert about ideas, or keeping it weird, the Microsoft advert states how they work on keeping it human and keeping it real, in the workplace. The advert goes on to say how, “you have to [...]
We’d like to invite you all to take part in an experiment - and of course let us know any results you might experience.We talk a lot about the importance of feedback and the fact that elite performers crave feedback and seek it out, rather than waiting for it to “happen” to them once or [...]
or do they run you? (a great line from Accenture… thanks for that!). Just been reading about Kevin Pietersen, the England cricketer, getting out for 97. He was out playing a typically KPish type shot. KP, please stay true to yourself and keep playing the way you play. Ignore the ill-informed, myopic commentators who believe [...]
It was interesting watching a clip of Cathy Freeman yesterday reflecting on her gold medal success at the Sydney Olympics, in front of 112,000 people, carrying the hopes of a nation and performing under a huge weight of expectation.In the midst of all of that hype, excitement, pressure, hope and expectation, as she warmed up, [...]
It’s clear to us that when the conditions are favourable, people get very used to being able to get away with minimal preparation - your natural talents, allied with the helpful environment, conspire to get you to where you want to be. The conditions lull you into a false sense of security about how much [...]
Two words I thought I’d never write next to each other… an oxymoron if ever there was one!
However, take a look at this from Robbie Keane, the Liverpool benchwarmer.
“I’m not being big-headed but I’ve scored a lot of goals in the last 10 years and it’s not just going to go away like that,” he [...]
A quick thought for you… Step 1. Look back over your career and identify your top 10 career highlights (or 5 if you’re pushed for time!)Step 2. You’re a common denominator in all of those highlight performances. Which of your personal qualities shine through as instrumental to success in each of those occasions? Are there [...]