KEEP THE RUBBER ON THE ROAD

slow things down to speed them up

KEEP THE RUBBER ON THE ROAD Earlier this week I spoke to a colleague who, when asked how the start of his year was going, responded with “very dynamic”. This understatement of a still very young year made me laugh out loud, because it so aptly described what so many of us are currently experiencing. […]

ANSE Journal – Collaboration

ANSE Journal Front page

We are delighted to share our article on collaboration from the ANSE (Association of National Organisations for Supervision in Europe) Journal – Collaboration: Driving force behind diverse high-performance teams with multiple identities ANSE Journal article In this article we look at how leaders can utilize the power of collaboration within their teams and across the entire […]

Customer Centricity

Customer centricity

One of the topics we’re regularly asked to help with is customer centricity. At first glance, this often appears to be additional work, the purpose of which seems questionable. Understanding the principles and tools behind customer centric thinking and working takes a bit of time. But once understood and practiced, embedding a customer-centric way of […]

Brexit – Collaboration at Breaking Point

Brexit - Collaboration at breaking ppoint

Is Brexit an example of collaboration at breaking point? You can be forgiven for wondering why there needs to be a commentary on the post-BREXIT situation and collaboration when it seems obvious that collaboration is exactly what is not wanted. I would agree that BREXIT has little to do with collaboration other than it will […]

How we learn from failure

How to learn from failure

So how do we learn from failure? This is something everyone experiences, but how we react and recover differs greatly. This is something I thought about when my son experienced it recently … When I came into the living room the other day, I found our 11 year old in the foetal position on the […]

Calling the shots: Decision making in a new era

Calling the shots: Decision making in a new era

Helping organisations and their leaders to grow starts with identifying the right question. Over the years, our clients have trusted us with a wide variety of questions. For some, the answer may be straightforward, but others are often complex and demand time to find an appropriate response. All of these questions, however, originate from leaders […]

Success: Wake up and follow your passion

Success: Wake up and follow your passion

When I was about to finish my studies there was one question that preoccupied my friends and I: What’s next? What is success going to look like for me? So here is what actually happened, and what I learnt along the way, or as I like to call it Success: Wake up and follow your […]

It’s the little things that count

Its the little things that count

Another year has passed and a new one has begun. And yet again I feel drowned by the floods of great, well-meant tips everywhere I look on how to live a happy, healthy and fulfilled life in 2018.