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Evolution Update
In a previous blog I wrote about how my company was changing. Well, here’s the promised evolution update. And it is only a small update, not the finished report. Changing a small company can be fast, when you have staff or use third parties. Changing a small...
Filling the Career Development Gap
If you are a young professional in a field such as law, accounting or surveying, you might think that your technical skills and expertise are enough to advance your career. However, the truth is that you also need leadership skills to succeed in today’s volatile,...
Being Kind
Tonight I had a chance exchange on social media DMs. Someone (a medical professional, saving lives in our amazing NHS every day) was “discounting”. By this I mean they were deflecting gratitude and praise, reflecting it back on me … but I suspect it’s a common habit...
Evolution in business – my business
Charles Darwin’s “theory of evolution” is often misquoted as “the survival of the fittest” This is inaccurate and an oversimplification. His theory, together with a contemporary Alfred Russel Wallace, proposed that evolution occurs because of a phenomenon called...
What price Values?
These days, “values” are everything in business. Or at least that is what we are told. The way forward is to be a “purpose-driven business”. It’s all about how much we love to do what we do and how much we convey that to our customers, so they love us more. When...
OK really is OK
Perfectionism is a common trait among leaders. It’s the near-uncontrollable drive to achieve excellence in everything we do. However, when taken to the extreme, perfectionism can become a real problem, rather than an asset. In fact, it can wreck careers,...
“The loneliest place”
One of my clients was chatting with me the other day. “Being a CFO (Chief Financial Officer) is THE loneliest place”. It got me thinking. Being part of The Top Team is lonely? Leading a crack team of accountants, risk analysts and project managers is lonely? How can...
The leaders we need
As I write this, the UK is in the throws of a political maelstrom. Our ruling administration is a minority Government. It has been pursuing an ideological agenda so extreme it has prompted economic crises, the like of which we have not seen in decades. The leaders...
What kind of leader are you?
What kind of leader are you? How would your team describe you? Do you even consider yourself a leader at all? These are all important questions to answer, when you are put in charge of people and expected to provide them with direction. However, there are lots more,...
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