by Kate Mercer | Jun 28, 2015 | Leadership
Have you ever wondered why the training you get on some courses, however interesting and entertaining, doesn’t ‘stick’? How many course folders have you got gathering dust on your office shelves? And how much of the content can you recall, or more importantly,...
by Kate Mercer | Jun 5, 2015 | Leadership
An article in the Harvard Business Review entitled ‘Authentic Leadership Can Be Bad Leadership’ made the point that you can use authenticity as an excuse for all kinds of bad behaviour, based on your ‘lower’ rather than your higher self! This is so true. Many years...
by Kate Mercer | May 31, 2015 | Leadership
A mindset has the following characteristics: It’s a strongly held belief or conviction. It really feels true to the person with the mindset. The person identifies with, or is attached to the mindset. If you disagree with the mindset, you often trigger negativity...
by Amanda Baines | May 22, 2015 | Leadership
One of the most common complaints we get in working with business leaders at any level in organisations is the old chestnut, “my boss doesn’t understand me”. Do these sound familiar in any way: ‘They’ are not telling me anything. He/she isn’t interested in me/my...
by Kate Mercer | May 17, 2015 | Leadership
We were sent this thought a little while ago by Neil Crofts, founder of Authentic Business, and decided to pass it on: It is very tempting to hide behind the mask of prudence, to temper our efforts with caution, to avoid exposure to risk or danger. And not just...
