by Kate Mercer | May 1, 2015 | Leadership, Organisation Culture
On the subject of key concepts or models that can make the biggest difference to the way you run your business, here’s a thought: the likelihood is that you have great technical skills, and quite possibly great social skills. But do you have the skills in place that...
by Amanda Baines | Apr 29, 2015 | Leadership
Creating high performance always sounds like a good idea. Right now, as we adjust to a world that is changing very fast around us, delivering high performance is probably more important but more challenging than ever. We are surrounded by negative news. Our British...
by Amanda Baines | Apr 27, 2015 | Organisation Culture
You have probably never focused as tightly on driving revenue and reducing costs as you do today. People in business are working under great pressure; job security is a thing of the past; and the only thing that really seems to matter is ‘making the numbers’. As a...
by Kate Mercer | Apr 26, 2015 | Organisation Culture
On January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger blasted off. Seventy-three seconds later, millions of people watched as the rocket disintegrated in a fiery explosion, and the capsule plunged back to Earth. The death of all seven crew members, particularly teacher...
by Kate Mercer | Apr 17, 2015 | Leadership
Leadership skills can be learned, though along the way you may have to rethink your conception of what a great leader actually does, and overcome discomfort and anxiety in order to raise your game. One of the most uncomfortable facts is that great leadership is not...
