I watched a TEDx Talk recently by Graham Shaw, a cartoonist and facilitator, who gave his talk at TEDx Hull UK under the title ‘Illusions’. He began by posing a question to the audience, “How many of you can draw?” Not surprisingly, the positives were only about 2% of the
In coming up with ideas for this week’s piece, I kept returning to a book that I read some time ago that shared a message which I found really helpful and thought that it would be perfect to share with you. The book, ‘The Obstacle is the Way’ by Ryan
Have you ever had to terminate someone’s employment or end a business relationship with a partner or a supplier? If ‘Yes’ is your answer, then you will no doubt agree that it is not an easy thing to do. So much so in fact, that we often allow such situations
I used to be a keen golfer and follower of the sport on TV. It has always interested me to see how players deal with the pressure of competition whether they be amateur or professional. Personally, I recall having often crumbled when standing over a 3-foot putt or sent a
Some people complain of being very busy but never getting the time to do the stuff that moves their business forward. Typically, they start each Monday by jumping straight into finishing off what was left over from the previous week, updating To-Do lists and just reacting to whatever issues arise
Expectations and assumptions are the source of many conflicts and disagreements in business. An example of where this conflict arises is when we hire someone to do a job and then, without any real explanation as to exactly what we require, we let them get on with it until we
I think it was Einstein who said, “You will never solve a problem with the same mind that created it”. In other words, ‘the perspective (mindset) which causes us to see something as a problem is the very thing that will get in the way of fixing it’. Instead, if
Did you know that our current situation is the sum of all of the little steps taken, habits set and decisions made up to this point? A sobering thought, especially if ‘where you are’ is not ideal and you want something different. Quick fixes to solve big problems If the
About 15 years ago, when I was beginning my journey of self-understanding, I noticed that every time I had a major difficulty in my life (or business), it resulted not from the initial problem, but how I reacted to and dealt with it. I also learned to accept that life
Managing or leading? I had a couple of conversations over the past week both of which brought up the issue of leadership, but from two different perspectives. One conversation related to someone who was attempting to ‘manage’ the response of certain people in their organisation by not disclosing the full