The Traffic Light Approach to Reviewing Personal, Team and Project Development — What do you need to improve? You might be learning a musical instrument, trying to practice your sport, working on a personal habit, or reviewing a work project but all these diverse pursuits have a common need if you want to get better. …

The Rule of Three for Writing, Public Speaking, Decision-Making and More — As a leader, I often have to speak, at short notice, to various groups of people. This might be in the context of a meeting, while facilitating training, or even at a social function where I might be asked to “say a few words”. When this happens, I have a…

The theories and approaches to support your leadership from good to great — Here is a short introduction to some of the most important leadership theories, trends, and models. These can all be instructive in understanding your own leadership style, broadening your expertise, and giving you tools to improve as a manager. Great-man theory Great Man theory (1840) is one of the oldest leadership theories…

Walking improves thinking, communication, creativity, and wellbeing — Steve Jobs enjoyed the productivity of walking meetings. William Wordsworth’s creativity flowed from being in the open air. Aristotle lectured on the move and Henry David Thoreau did his best thinking while sauntering about. What could taking a stroll do for you? Walking can inspire conversation, improve relationships, unlock creativity…

The Right Questions Newsletter: 4 Things for Friday I hope you have had a great week! Here are the four things I wanted to share with you this Friday. What I am writing about Which are the most important life skills? This was a question I was researching recently and led me to stumble across…

As identified by WHO, UNICEF, and UNESCO research. — What are the most important life skills? How should we navigate work, survive challenges, and thrive in our relationships? This is a question that United Nations organisations UNICEF and UNESCO, along with the World Health Organisation (WHO), sought to answer. …

Trust takes time to build and a moment to lose. — I once had to suspend a member of my team in the middle of delivering an important project. It was a difficult decision and painful for everyone involved, but it needed to happen. …

I developed one of them as a Bomb Disposal Officer in the army. — My work falls into several key roles. I lead an organisation, run my own business, coach senior managers, and facilitate leadership courses for various corporations. With a couple of decades of management experience under my belt, I have found that certain tools and approaches really help me on a weekly…

The Right Questions Newsletter: 4 Things for Friday — I hope you have had a great week! Here are the four things I wanted to share with you this Friday. What I am writing about How do we learn effectively? This is the question that prompted me to write about Kolb’s learning cycle. It was then, playing a computer game, that I considered how…