Thwarted by the impact of seasonal weather, the manager of the municipal swimming pool in La Tranche took matters into his own hands to enhance revenues. Taking a more resourceful view of what a swimming pool could he recreated the concept of their swimming pool. First he recognised that in the beautiful weather of the [...]
Category Archives: Leadership
Trust and perspective
As this week has unfolded there have been some profound reactions to the forming of the Coalition Government. Those in support, have hailed it as a new dawn; those opposing it suggest it’s doomed for failure. Yesterday, some one suggested to Nicky Campbell on Five Live that it should be law that no one should [...]
A matter of trust
In a recent posting we shared our thoughts about the benefits of trusting in others. If we do trust, the rewards are significant and the impact of not trusting, unthinkable. At work this could mean cynicism, the here in body not in spirit mentality and at worst destructive behaviours. But last week the matter of [...]
Tribes and Cool Britannia
Our reflection on ‘Tribes’ ties in with an interesting report on Newsnight recently. The focus of this report was analysing how we can reclaim our status of ‘Cool Britannia’ and get our industries moving again to flourish as a nation. The report found that there is a trend amongst new businesses. They no longer seek [...]
An outstanding achievement
Dilesh blogged earlier this week about how success often comes when you focus on what you have to gain rather than what you have to lose and another great example happened last night as Fulham reached the final of the Europa league.
It was a great night in our house for a lifelong Fulham fan (well [...]
A little trust goes a long way
Our clients often tell us about the behaviours they want to see in their people – whether these relate to the way they serve customers, the way they manage or they way they approach work in general. While it’s relatively straight forward to describe behaviours, encouraging the right one’s is another matter – a fact [...]
When you have nothing to lose…
Whether its the tension at the top of the Premier League between Chelsea and Man Utd or Steve Davis one game away from the semi finals of the snooker championship or even the Nick Clegg effect – competition can make or break you.
In the case of Steve Davis and Nick Clegg they had [...]
Your management strengths
Our aim is always to provide you with useful tools and ideas that support you to bring out the best of yourself and those around you at work.
As such, for those of you who enjoy psychometric tests and quizzes, the Chartered Institute of Management (CMI) have brought out a wonderful app that allows you to [...]
Personal leadership in all your actions
On my travels over recent weeks there is one thing that has struck me –people’s lack of awareness of the impact of their actions on others.
How often do you think about your interactions and the impact they leave on others?
How often have you left unfinished discussions whether personal or in business because it’s easier to [...]
When is 'good enough' good enough?
It’s often when you read the same or similar things several times that you stop and take notice.
This has happened to me recently – firstly it was ‘Things change so fast that all books are outdated before they are published’. Then it was a story about Skype and how if they had waited to fix [...]
