When looking to develop your power and influence, a key factor you need to consider is that it has less to do with you than you may think. The most profound impact (or influence) takes place in the mind of the person you are attempting to influence, because of what...

When I published Feeling Powerless in a Relationship last week, a great many of you jumped on the opportunity to complete the online Power Profile. Using this to build awareness of where you get your personal power from is quick and easy, but only the very start of...

Earlier today I was engaging with a connection on LinkedIn. We were discussing his reaction to my recent article Fire Fire! Controlling the Unseen Threat to Organisational Survival. An important point he made is that in any organisation, stress is inevitable. The...

On a recent workshop with the National Health Service, a director approached me to say how pleased he was to be able to attend – because he had recently discovered my approach to stakeholder mapping and had used it with the board. Later in the day he confessed that it...

Taking trust and integrity to a new level, last week I interviewed a fascinating expert by the name of Dr. Joop Remmé. He has extensive experience in large organisations, leadership and what works, and certainly what can go wrong and why. So much so that he also...