We’re doing a lot of work with sales teams right now as they seek to thrive rather than just survive - and as you’d expect with sales teams, the concept of winning is coming up a lot. I think a lot about what winning means and when it’s tough out there, when the attention is [...]
… 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 [...]
is a very clever man, on all sorts of levels. Not only has he authored some very good books , he’s also just produced this timely bit of PR, which has got some great stuff in it.Most interestingly, Collins asserts that; “What we’re experiencing now, get used to it! It’s life, and it’s the normal [...]
We’ve just finished the 2 day kick off to the athlete at work® programme and really enjoyed some interesting conversations around performance in these testing times. One of the most interesting discussions was around the perceived pressure to get more done in less time. Wouldn’t we all like that? So, when we talked about being [...]
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, [...]
We’d highly recommend visiting www.badscience.net to help you debunk a lot of the nonsense that gets published about what might or might not be good for you. It’s clear from a lot of the trash newspaper articles that Ben Goldacre takes to task, that the common theme stems from lazy journalists or out and out [...]
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 [...]
I was talking with a team we work with the other day and remarked how they were in a perfect storm. End of year mayhem to bring home the promised numbers, a change of leader, planning for 2009 to be completed and a really uncertain external climate. The perfect situation for a team to fracture. [...]
Whilst having a rare flick through the FT the other day, we happened across a book review for “Managing to Learn Using The A3 Management Process to Solve Problems, Gain Agreement, Mentor, and Lead” by John Shook. Not the most enticing of titles! However, the FT article was entitled “The Toyota mindset revealed”, which got [...]
The concept of “next step thinking” came up last week in a conversation. This is all about focusing on being in the moment and being confident that you can do the next thing you need to do with complete focus and confidence. It seems that this is very important at the moment. Much of our [...]