The Hersey Blanchard model of Situational Leadership is one of those frameworks that in my experience has stood the test of time, over and over. However, most people miss the magic subtlety – indeed, the secret sauce that makes it the one of the most powerful ways to...
You have the power of choice only when you realise you have the power of choice. Many facts that blight your life are historic choices, made long ago and forgotten. Choices masquerade as facts. If you want to change a fact, make a different choice. My Boss is...
Addictions to alcohol, drugs and gambling are harmful. Habits, of emotion and behaviour. Minds and bodies conditioned to reproduce patterns. Humans acting on autopilot. No conscious thought required, they just happen. The mind and body reverting to the familiar, the...
It's really interesting to notice that when people have problems they can very easily get carried away with those problems. Worrying about them, obsessing about them, and getting very emotionally engaged with the feature of their current life or work that they don't...
Two branches of science have always fascinated me because of the way they can be related to organisations, and how they can help us to think creatively about how to make them more successful, and ourselves in the process. They also lead to a fundamental question you...
What if... This is as good as it gets? Serious point. Many people in middle years and middle levels, hit the buffers. They have been successful in a way, but not the way or to the extent that they intended. Underneath, there is still ambition. The belief that they...