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Who Would You Pick in Your Team?
It’s all about the Fit… I have been reflecting recently on how you get recruitment right and ensure new hires will add the most value to your organisation. This was triggered by a couple of things. For one, Direct [...]
What I’m reading this month…
Death by Meeting by Patrick Lencioni If you haven’t come across Lencioni’s books before, I can tell you, they are not like the usual popular business books. For one they are so readable. Written as a story, with a plot [...]
Coaching for my team – what’s in it for me?
Coaching delivers change precisely where it is needed most. You may have someone in your team who could be so much more effective, if only their confidence and communication skills were stronger. Another person may struggle to promote their [...]
Taming the Instant Gratification Monkey
When work is going well – the hours pass so fast that you have to stop to remind yourself to have lunch, text your friend back, and pick up the dog/shopping/children (delete as appropriate). When you are not in [...]
Making Mistakes
“Mistakes are part of the DNA of a great team” – Really? That doesn’t sound right. Professor Amy Edmondson discovered this as part of her research on the NASA Challenger disaster. It seems counter intuitive that successful teams make [...]
What We Are Reading This Month…
David Marquet’s Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Building Leaders by Breaking the Rules – 26 Sep 2013 Last week I met the brilliant David Marquet at the Sandhurst Leadership conference. His story of commanding the USS Sante [...]