Are you making this easy mistake?
A colleague of mine just spent three days trying to secure time in her client’s diary. Three days and apparently more than 10 emails. Turns out he was making an easy mistake. He was being too nice. Have you ever done the endless back-and-forth of diary management and wished there was another way? You’re not […]
You can afford to consider reskilling
One of the common objections that my clients face when influencing their executives is “we can’t afford a retraining budget”
Are you leaving your reputation to chance?
Before lockdown, I was having lunch with a client of mine who let me into a secret. He loathes self-promotion and wishes his work would speak for itself. However, he still prioritises reputation-raising. “I drag myself to do it despite my busy schedule” he told me. Why? Because it will say more about his team, […]
Reskilling doesn’t take as long as you think
Reskilling has been on everyone’s minds for years as disruption has become an increasing obvious threat to business as usual. Yet it’s one that we haven’t managed to nail yet
How to handle a bad boss
According to a global study by The Potential Project, 77% of leaders believe they’re doing a great job; and yet 65% of employees said they’d forgo a payrise to see their leader fired. Yes actually fired. Have you recently had an interaction with your leader that was underwhelming, unimpressive or downright unacceptable? Felt some solidarity […]
Surprisingly simple ways to build your presence on line
Working from home is actually a golden opportunity for developing your leadership reputation, despite what many people think. And it’s a pretty important time to be doing that. Even if you’re secure in your role, there’s a premium on a leader’s reputation, as it promotes your business and your team and …. yeah … these […]
You don’t know your workforce capability
It’s like looking at an iceberg from the deck of the Titanic and assuming you can see all there is to see.
Talent’s not working, and it’s not why you think
is your talent team designed for disruption?
Operational is no longer a dirty word
What happens when operational is no longer a dirty word? The reason HR is being so successful right now is that we have made a significant shift. One of these key shifts is from prioritising strategic to prioritising operational. Operational used to be a dirty word BCV (before covid), but where would we have been […]
Leadership language is important all the time
According to HBR 4 of the top 10 most important leadership competencies are attributable to communication (formal and informal). This is why being mindful of your leadership language is important at all times – not just times like these. Have you ever read a leadership communication and thought it was dry, dull or downright dismal? […]
