Do you have a tendency to fall back on professional skills – whether that's data collection, analysis, re-engineering - to manage your growing organisation? Kate Mercer explains that instead you'll need a whole new range of more ambiguous and flexible skills to manage...
CEOs can cling to the myth, particularly in professional service firms, that they can continue to focus on their specialist work and a full client load. Someone needs to manage the place, so how do you make your organisation work when you've reached that critical...
The vast majority of companies fall in the middle between a start-up and a fully mature organisation, and need different management and leadership from either of the other two. When I started my last ‘proper’ job in the early 1980s I quickly registered on all the...
Do you feel that the organisation is ‘yours’ and running it is all down to you? Are you increasingly resenting the fact? Here's how to turn it around so you can relinquish control, successfully. This is a very common assumption among entrepreneurs who have started...
We look at what makes workplace partnerships truly effective, and the mindset shifts you need to achieve them. Can you imagine what it would be like working in a team, or a department, or a whole organisation, where this definition of partnership formed one of the...
We probably all have set ways of approaching problems, finding solutions and ultimately making decisions. What you might not realise is that how you make decisions can be heavily influenced by a mindset derived from questionable reasoning and preconceived ideas. We...
In our last blog post we introduced the 'parrot on your shoulder' concept to describe your critical inner dialogue. You can use this device to produce well-formed pieces of feedback. Here's a brief recap on the steps in the process: Step 1: Identify the situation....
Are you aware of your inner dialogue, that 'parrot on your shoulder'? We give you the tools to assess your very own internal critic so you can think more clearly and make better, more informed decisions. “People are always blaming their circumstances for what they...
If you think that asking closed questions as a leader will provide you with the right answers, you should think again. Here we look at an alternative mode of questioning, which empowers people to find the answers themselves. “I don't pretend we have all the answers....
If you fear a loss of control, you can often end up being aggressive in your behaviour towards others. Here's why staying cool and logical is the best way to assert yourself. “The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really...
Find fresh ideas and approaches to resolve your business issues, make a noticeable difference in your performance, and achieve long-term goals.
Find fresh ideas and approaches to resolve your business issues, make a noticeable difference in your performance, and achieve long-term goals.