by Kate Mercer | May 13, 2015 | Leadership
These days, success at work is more and more dependent on your ability to influence the people around you. As discussed in a previous blog post on mindsets, you can’t force, persuade, bully or instruct someone into changing their mindset. You have to communicate...
by Kate Mercer | May 6, 2015 | Organisation Culture
Have you ever considered how unwritten rules and beliefs influence your behaviour and performance, and consequently the performance of your organisation? You will know many of the rules in your social relationships: ‘So-and-so doesn’t like me to drop in without...
by Kate Mercer | May 4, 2015 | Organisation Culture
In this blog we talk a lot about culture, change and mindsets. So are we saying that if you want to produce effective change in your team or organisation, all you need to pay attention to is the attitudes, values and beliefs of yourself and the people you work with?...
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 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...
