by Kate Mercer | Sep 25, 2015 | Leadership
It can somehow seem that running a business, or a team within a business of more than about 30 people, can appear to be extremely complex, full of hidden secrets as to how it all works. Of course, we have the option to make it complex, but the secret of success is to...
by Amanda Baines | Sep 21, 2015 | Organisation Culture
See where you and your colleagues think you and your organisation are on the following cultural ‘ladder’. Use your findings to start a debate in your organisation, and start the process of bringing your culture up to date: Level 1: Organisation culture is seen as...
by Kate Mercer | Sep 11, 2015 | Leadership
This morning, if you slept well, just a few seconds before waking up, still within your dreams, you had no idea of who you were and who you were going to be today. For some moments just before and just after waking up, you had some blessed time of not being ‘somebody’...
by Kate Mercer | Sep 9, 2015 | Leadership
“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.” – Albert Einstein Take a minute to scan your surroundings. Look around you. Pick out an object or person, maybe something or someone you hadn’t noticed before, and focus your attention on it. If you really...
by Kate Mercer | Sep 6, 2015 | Leadership, Team Development
Coming to realise what you are unaware of (or blind to) can be empowering and motivating to the teams you lead. It provides them with a space to add value and a space for the contribution of their strengths in confident vulnerability. It is the transparency and...