Well, those of you who know us will be fully aware that we regularly ask people and teams to be very clear about their WHY, from a purpose perspective. Without a why, it's always pretty difficult to get the best possible performance - now performing at the level that comes…

We ask the following questions pretty regularly (we're very predictable really... some may have other words for it). However, we find these high performance questions useful, and they help keep people thinking about fulfilling potential rather than just having it. See which question appeals to you most and then get…

Since Christmas I've now met 5 people who are, metaphorically speaking, shooting themselves in the foot. They're all conscientious, hard working, wanting to do a great job, working towards KPIs and targets etc, etc, and yet choosing to do things that they know are not helping them. Madness? And the thing…

I had two seperate conversations today with two ex-colleagues. Both are now self-employed, one in recruitment and one in financial services, and what struck me as I talked to them both within the space of an hour was what different views they had of the same world. One was bullish…

If you're serious about getting the most out of yourself and the talent around you, then you'll have a read of this and you'll have a think about whether you can benefit from un-managing the talent in your business. We believe that if you truly want to set free the…

Dan Pink recently blogged about there being only two kind of people in the world... thought provoking, simple stuff. So, we thought we'd add a little high performance twist to his idea... There are only two kinds of people in the world: Those that fulfill potential - and those that…

Have a read back of this article from the first match of the recent Ashes series... it shows just what fine lines there are between success and failure and that if you're to make sure that you're on the right side of those two outcomes, then you need to be…

Here's a simple exercise regarding disciplined performance that we ask you to carry out with any teams you work as part of next week. Very simply ask each member of the team to identify and share: 1) 3 core strengths that they bring to the team that they should be…

Back in the day Huey Lewis and the News sang "The power of love is a curious thing, make a one man weep, make another man sing" and the same could be said of self-belief or confidence. Take a look at the BBC Sport website today and the football headline…