I was looking for a John Wooden quote to start this post, and while I hadn’t seen this one before, its perfect because it encapsulates everything I have read about this amazing man. Its laughable that he never focused on winning. Not because it isn’t true, but because he is probably the most successful sporting…
Understanding yourself is key to being an authentic leader. Although this is often easier said than done, the more we understand our strengths, weaknesses, anxieties and fears the better we are at understanding others, developing empathy and enhance our capacity for leadership. One way is to use a profiling tool to increase our understanding of…
I hope that headline grabbed your attention because it’s true. The challenge of holding people in your team accountable seems to be one of the biggest problems faced by my clients, but clearly by managers all over the world. I’m listening to The Advantage by Patrick Lencioni in the car at the moment, and he…
There is a lot of conversation about self-love and self-care in the world today, but not necessarily a lot of understanding of what it actually means. And why would I be writing about it on a platform devoted to business? I often talk to my clients about this concept because I believe it lies at…
Our personal lives and our business lives are not separate islands, but each are “a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine” that makes us who we are.