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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,...
Management THEN Leadership
From even a cursory glance at my website and social posts, you could gather that I “do” leadership. However, the thing that is really important to me is that clients master management THEN leadership. This applies to the Future Leaders that I support with networking...
Visibility Vs Perception
It’s the age-old marketing conundrum, where people confuse Visibility Vs Perception. What does this mean? It means a wealth of different things for my clients, depending on what is going on in their organisations. However, it boils down to their perception is not...
Discretion Guaranteed!
“Discretion” is also described as “circumspection” or “the act of being discreet”. As clear as mud to most of us. Nevertheless, I am using this old saying and changing it slightly, to make a point in this article. Much of my work is carried out in secret. 100%...
Are you part of The Great Resignation?
People have coined a lot of phrases as a result of Covid. “The Great Resignation” is the latest, but perhaps one of the most telling. There appears to be a pattern of disenchanted employees leaving their jobs as a result of their lockdown experience (good or bad). ...
Reminding you about Future Leaders Breakfast® networking
This month, I will be posting across all my platforms to remind you about the Future Leaders Breakfast® or FLBs® networking events open along the South Coast before the Summer. I thought it might help, to start at the very beginning … with our "why.” Why Future...
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