When teams are formed, they go through predictable stages of development. Recognising, understanding and responding to this development and performance ‘curve’ has the ability to transform good teams into great ones. A commonly used framework for these stages was developed in the mid 1960’s by Bruce W. Tuckman. His descriptions
Writing is easy. Great writing is almost impossible. As Seth Godin said: “If your work isn’t more useful or insightful or urgent than GPT can create in 12 seconds, don’t interrupt people with it. Technology begins by making old work easier, but then it requires that new work be better.”
We all have the capacity for change at any moment. Yet New Year seems a good opportunity to ask if those small steps, your habits, are taking you in the direction you want to move to achieve your longer term goals. If the answer is “no” then consider what you
Here are the top ten articles from the year – the ones which got most people talking, elicited the highest response, or won the most clicks.
It’s no secret that I love most of what David Hieatt and the team at The Do Lectures produce and put out into the world. One of their posts I saw recently on LinkedIn was too good not to share. Talking about ‘interesting’, the post says: “Interesting things happen when
It goes without saying that giving feedback is something you should be doing all year long, but it seems to me that the run up to the Christmas break provides lots of special and deliberate opportunities to express gratitude and deliver heartfelt thank yous to your team. You might already
This article from James Clear (author of Atomic Habits) tells the story of famous French philosopher Denis Diderot, who lived nearly his entire life in poverty until his financial ‘woes’ were reversed at age 52. Upon newfound wealth, Diderot acquired a new robe, which when put side-by-side made his current
OK, so I’m likely to use the Apple users at this point, but nevertheless this little tip (I’m refusing to coin ‘life hack’) is too good not to share. Steps Recorder (called Problems Steps Recorder in Windows 7), is a program that helps you troubleshoot a problem on your device
I’ve always loved lists. Long, detailed lists for everything. It’s this obvious love of lists that has drawn my attention to the sometimes-problematic nature of them. I’ve been working with my coach on my need for lists and the impact they have on me. At one level they are incredibly
This very simple exercise is a great way to become aware of the times you say ‘yes’, when really you should (or want to) say ‘no’. I have a client who finds it difficult to say no. Their endless ‘yesses’ (which in their words are part of ‘being a good
