This blog post comes from Matthew Scott, one of our PlanetK2 Hall of Fame performers. We love Matthew’s piece because it reflects something he’s very, very good at and is written by someone who’s “been there and done it”. Let us, and Matthew, know what you think. Leadership: Helping Individuals…

Many of you know that I’m passionate that the opportunity and resources to be the best performer you can possibly be, the chance to be the best version of yourself as consistently as possible, should be available to everyone, not just people who are on a particular pay grade so…

We're delighted that this blog post has been written by Chris Voller, Claims Director at AXA Insurance, sharing his personal expertise of senior succession planning. We love its honesty and practical nature. Bringing Development for Succession to Life in a Corporate Environment – 5 top tips Despite very best intentions, succession planning…

A bit of New Year philosophy to kick 2015 off seems in order... so here's some Heraclitus for you - 'no man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.' Fortunately for us, Heraclitus was better at wise words…

Lots of column inches earlier in the week were on the subject of Formula One, and in particular the this season’s all conquering Mercedes team and their two drivers, world champion Lewis Hamilton and his team mate (phrase used deliberately) Nico Rosberg. One headline that caught our eye in The…

Some of you may be aware of Movember, the men's health charity that encourages people (men, we think) to grow moustaches through November and be sponsored for doing so. We wondered what it would be like if Movember was also all about motivation at work - not in a party…

This article based on an interview with Irish rugby legend Brian O'Driscoll sees him addressing "some of the game's fundamental truths". There are a number of "myths" (nine of them) that O'Driscoll busts, which we recognise translate directly to business. In particular myths two, three and seven can be applied…

A slightly different blog from us this week. Take a look at this video of Oliver Wilson after his victory at golf's Alfred Dunhill Links Championship last weekend. How much can you see in there that tells you why and how Oliver Wilson is an elite performer. We think there's…

The typical talent development approach we see adopted in the business world makes our hearts sink just a little. We know it’s all done with the best of intent but in terms of talent development, creating and nurturing a high performance culture and crucially - fulfilling the talent that has…

We worked with a team recently in a very large business where there was quite a lot of unhelpful noise about performance reviews being linked to pay rises. In this team, of about 15 people, the view of the leader and of the team members was that everyone was performing…