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The Audacity Gap | April 16, 2010 at 3:26 AM
I am fascinated with what I have called “The Audacity Gap’ – the space that lies between what an organisation wants to do and what it feels able to do. ...
Dads Army and Extraordinary Performance | February 19, 2010 at 5:19 AM
I recently referred in a conversation with the CEO of a large, global enterprise, to his team as “Dad’s Army”. He looked at me rather strangely, no doub ...
Trusting people is not a yes/no decision | January 8, 2010 at 6:17 AM
Trusti ...
Association for Business Psychologists Conference 2010 | December 8, 2009 at 4:42 AM
As member of the Apter Development Leadership Club we thought you may be interested in hearing about next years ABP Conference. Anyone with an interest in ...
Change is in the eye of the beholder | December 3, 2009 at 5:55 AM
More musings on change. Further to my last blog, what is becoming more and more clear to me is that 'change' is the eye of the beholder.  Almost any change, particul ...
Struggling with change? | November 16, 2009 at 8:12 AM
The challenge in dealing with change is not just in the change itself, but also in the way we understand the nature of change. Change in organisations is of ...
Do not bin the old ideas! | November 3, 2009 at 4:39 AM
I offer the following as really useful models, that we probably all got taught sometime in our development as leaders and managers. They are still incredibly useful but p ...
Leading With Impact | October 19, 2009 at 3:50 AM
Can you have positive impact as a leader without being yourself? I think not. The essence of leadership is to operate from a position of strength – strength not e ...
Making Performance Count | October 5, 2009 at 6:32 AM
I think an increasing art of leadership is defining the most effective sort of performance expectations in others. Probably the most empowering approach is when you can m ...
Both/And Leadership - Are you wasting time trying to resolve the irresolvable?. | September 28, 2009 at 6:48 AM
Are you wasting time trying to resolve the irresolvable? One of the toughest things a leader has to develop is an aw ...