A few weeks ago, a workshop participant used a wonderful phase that got me thinking. During a breakout session she shared her attitude when listening to stakeholders. What she does is “listen to learn.” This attitude stimulates a powerful feeling in the other person....
Lives worth living are busy and chaotic. Opportunity, challenge and problems fill every day. No pain, no gain. Work hard, play hard. Maxims for the Type A’s and the ambitious, striving to hit that seam of gold. If you want to play to win, you have to get smart, learn...
All round, it seems that expectations are a mug's game, whichever way you look at it. If you have expectations of others, you are sure to be disappointed. Not that they necessarily want to let you down. It may simply be they have other priorities, or interpretations...
If you are currently experiencing a rough ride, you’d be in very good company. Current events these days are prone to excite extreme emotions. Sadly, at present, so many things are set to provoke unhelpful negative emotions. We are all emotional beings by nature, and...
When you aspire to great achievement, and lofty levels, begin with the bigger picture. This means, having your own personal vision of what you intend to deliver. Not merely being a great leader, or a collaborator or some such noble aims. These are important, but in...
Even if you don’t view your contemporaries as competition, when they seem to be making faster progress in their careers, you have to ask, “Why?” What is it that they have got that you don’t? What are they doing that you are not doing? Often, this is puzzling,...