Leaders do make a difference if they let themselves 'Leadership at the Edge' offers leadership Lessons from the Extraordinary Saga of Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition by Dennis N.T. Perkins. Perkins has taken 'one of the greatest survival stories of all time , one of the most extraordinary Leadership sagas... and translated into a set of powerful strategies ...
Tag Archive: Leadership
Plant a tree
"He that plants trees loves others besides himself." English Proverb What will you do today that helps you plant a tree to flourish?
The power of momentum
"If you have the guts to keep making mistakes,your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum." Holly Near Momentum enables progress. It provides the driving force to success so how do we harness it, right now, to help our organisation succeed? This time of year people start to get distracted and preoccupied with Christmas (unless you ...
Three silver bullets to enhance your organisational self sufficiency
If knowledge alone helps people perform then most people within organisations would be high performing. And yet we often concentrate our efforts on building knowledge though training because that is easiest to identify. So if its not knowledge, the answer isn't more training. But what is the answer? How do we enable individuals to take ...
When is a swimming pool not a swimming pool?
Thwarted by the impact of seasonal weather, the manager of the municipal swimming pool in La Tranche took matters into his own hands to enhance revenues. Taking a more resourceful view of what a swimming pool could he recreated the concept of their swimming pool. First he recognised that in the beautiful weather ...
Trust and perspective
As this week has unfolded there have been some profound reactions to the forming of the Coalition Government. Those in support, have hailed it as a new dawn; those opposing it suggest it's doomed for failure. Yesterday, some one suggested to Nicky Campbell on Five Live that it should be law that no one should ...
A matter of trust
In a recent posting we shared our thoughts about the benefits of trusting in others. If we do trust, the rewards are significant and the impact of not trusting, unthinkable. At work this could mean cynicism, the here in body not in spirit mentality and at worst destructive behaviours. But last week the matter of ...
Learning through an experience
A 6 year old boy learns that a school sweatshirt can't fit over a cycling helmet by trying it, not because his mother tells him. A 9 year old girl learns that she will get hurt by her younger brother when she pushes him first. Not because her mother has told her (repeatedly) that it ...
An outstanding achievement
Dilesh blogged earlier this week about how success often comes when you focus on what you have to gain rather than what you have to lose and another great example happened last night as Fulham reached the final of the Europa league. It was a great night in our house for a lifelong Fulham fan (well ...
Your management strengths
Our aim is always to provide you with useful tools and ideas that support you to bring out the best of yourself and those around you at work. As such, for those of you who enjoy psychometric tests and quizzes, the Chartered Institute of Management (CMI) have brought out a wonderful app that allows you to ...
