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My biggest productivity breakthrough was a mindset shift, not a time management tip. Like most people working in a corporate role I had a job. I was lucky that mine never felt like being on a hamster wheel. It was intellectually challenging and interesting. And I was a model employee.
Complex Change
Leading change in organisations takes exceptional skill. There's complexity and a vested power base to consider. Stakeholders tend to consider their own agenda first. And change won't stick if the leaders can't align these. It takes creative collaboration to make that happen. Communicating WIIFM
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Last week I posted about reaching the 30 year milestone in independent practice. I mentioned I’m turning to “face the strange”. Why? Because things get too comfortable in the land of status quo. Sometimes we need to shake that up a bit. To shake it up and be ready
Autumn reading
Most book lists I see have 60+ titles. That seems like a lot of books to read in a year. It makes me question how many were read. And if they were digested deeply before recommendation. Maybe. Anyway, I’m sharing my Autumn reading list. Based on The Sunday Dispatches
Questioning in broken images
There’s a Robert Graves poem… that made me stop and think. Questioning in broken images. It has the quality of cold, clear air - bracing. He suggests something uncomfortable. Recalibrating something we take as true. Confidence = strength. Doubt = liability. We see this in some leaders. Maybe it’s what we
Performative or Performance
Big mistake leaders make training staff. They don’t ask trainers for the obvious feedback. Who were the top 20% that stood out in this group? Which participants show the most potential? Who demonstrated initiative and agility? Questions left unasked. Yet the answers, which would be forthcoming. Show leaders exactly
Reboot
Can you hear tomorrow coming? I can. 30 years of solo practice - done. My youthful arrogance. Facing the strange. Believing that was possible - useful - sustainable. To all those I've worked with... who put their faith in me ... intrepid people I've coached 1:1... participants in the
On walking the talk
Your team, after the all-hands. Last slide still projected behind them... a growth chart nobody's looking at. Jon from ops. "They said everything right. Vision. Values. Rewards." "And?" "And the coffee was instant. Next to a Nespresso machine that works fine."
Talent + Hunger
I've probably played this album more than any other over the years. I first heard it sitting beside a lake in Finland. Free were started by four teenagers in 1968: Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke were 18, Paul Kossoff was 17, and Andy Fraser was 15. Stop for
Role Models
Did you ever ask someone how they do something? You know, something they're very good at. Something you want to be able to do well yourself. And did you try to copy that approach, only to find it didn't work for you? Welcome to the club.