I loved this reframe. A hopeful message that we can all contribute in our own ways… The Leaky Bucket Fable Two buckets lived in a village. They carried water every day from the river to the people. One bucket was old, warn, and cracked, and lost half it’s water by the time they reached
Creative Boom marked International Women’s Day by featuring seven female founders from creative agencies in the US and UK. These founders shared their experiences and tips for building an agency from scratch. While each founder’s story is unique, all seven women share a common thread: they had a passion for
I’m sharing this simple stepping-stone exercise that can help a good leadership team accelerate communication and transform into a high performance team. — A client of mine has an effective, functioning leadership team. They’re strong and aligned but are struggling to step it up a notch into a high performance
Watching SAS Who Dares Wins the other day and I was struck by what at first seemed a very simple act of empathy and compassion. One of the contestants was exhausted and clearly suffering. This triggered some horrible memories for one of the other contestants – a big, muscular lorry
In the past few months I’ve had similar conversations – albeit with different specifics – with three business founders. Each of these discussions touched on the instances whereby there is a culture of staff who seemingly resent having to do extra work or push back when the flexibility of their
“Your first and foremost job as a leader is to take charge of your own energy and then help to orchestrate the energy of those around you.” – Peter Drucker A while ago, I read an article on leadership habits by Tamnay Vora, who said: “Managers are linchpins who have
“It’s not my responsibility” I spotted a graphic on LinkedIn recently which talked about personal responsibility (it was similar to the first image below). It’s premise was around healthy boundary setting. The problem was that the creator of the graphic had posted it into a LinkedIn group around leadership, and
An incredibly interesting graphic I spotted recently on LinkedIn showing the impact back-to-back meetings are having on our brains. The research from Microsoft’s Human Factors Lab measured the brain activity of 14 individuals. In summary, it showed that those *with breaks* between meetings had steady brain activity and experienced “coolness”.
This is an interesting (and short) article about how two firms are using Slack to make the digital experience for remote workers more consistent. As well as offering tempting ‘out of work’ experiences to encourage teams back to the physical workplace, there’s a twist, as leaders try hard to create
‘I want you to bring something to the weekly team call to discuss’. As leaders we know we should be actively encouraging our teams to proactively raise any challenges or opportunities, and one of the most common ways I see my clients do this is to ask their teams to
