Leaders do make a difference if they let themselves 'Leadership at the Edge' offers leadership Lessons from the Extraordinary Saga of Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition by Dennis N.T. Perkins. Perkins has taken 'one of the greatest survival stories of all time , one of the most extraordinary Leadership sagas... and translated into a set of powerful strategies ...
Category Archives: Leadership
Three questions to help you realise your goals
This time of year we focus in on our achievements, whether personal, professional or business goals. Frustrationcan build and impact on our momentum. So to help you keep on track, here are 3 questions. These questions come from Jack Canfield- I love his can do spirit and his 'Success Principles' have guided ...
Are you doing something right? Or are you doing the right thing?
During a recent meeting with some team managers we were discussing the challenges they have with developing their teams. Not surprisingly, a familiar issue reared its ugly head when one of the managers said, "Of course this all very well, but we just don't have the time to spend coaching our staff." Almost ...
Lessons from Life’s Football Pitch
After watching match of the day recently and seeing the highlights(?) of my team, West Ham United, notch up yet another defeat my friends and I launched into yet another discussion for all the possible reasons for the string of dismal results. Was it the manger? Were our players just not good enough? Did we ...
The power of momentum
"If you have the guts to keep making mistakes,your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum." Holly Near Momentum enables progress. It provides the driving force to success so how do we harness it, right now, to help our organisation succeed? This time of year people start to get distracted and preoccupied with Christmas (unless you ...
When is a swimming pool not a swimming pool?
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 ...
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 ...
