Leadership, Performance, Productivity, Wellbeing
We’re heading into the final stage of this year, and it’s likely to be the toughest of the year. (Not to dishearten you, but I had it on the good advice of a 12 year old who explained to his father that this final school term was by far the longest and it was...
Leadership, Performance, Productivity, Wellbeing
I’ve been writing a lot about why we need to pay better attention to perfectionism, workload, stress and burnout and it’s not just to be good leaders and corporate citizens (although that would be enough!), it’s also to get better outcomes. Too much drive, too much...
Leadership, Productivity, Purpose
It’s a dilemma – should you be proud to see your article republished in Smart Company, or dismayed??? OK then, perhaps a bit of both; it’s just that feeling both at the same time is a bit weird. Unfortunately the article, first published towards the beginning of the...
Job Satisfaction, Leadership, Performance, Productivity
We know it doesn’t work. Yet that hasn’t stopped open plan offices from thriving. Even if people, and good ideas, don’t thrive in them. DavidBrooks in his The New York Times article ‘The Immortal Awfulness of Open Plan Workplaces’ points out the absurdity of...
Job Satisfaction, Leadership, Performance, Productivity
Despite the dizzying pace of innovation and digitization over the past couple of years, many senior business leaders say their digital strategy is outpaced by business demands. The need for digital solutions and innovations is already transforming how we work (and...
Coaching, Gender diversity, Inclusion, Increasing effectiveness, Influence, Job Satisfaction, Leadership, Power, Productivity
…..and why we need to increase our comfort with reasonable doubt and modesty. Our fascination with Imposter Phenomenon (IP) seems to be part of our preoccupation with confidence as a critical component of leadership. That’s what makes it doubly challenging for...