A sum of small conversations
I’ve been speaking a lot about the power of conscious and unconscious communicatioins in driving people’s performance. The effect of small gestures and asides have a powerful impact on others that extends far beyond what you might think it possible. Recently though, I remembered my experience with a former manager and it brought home to me just how insidious those conversations can be, especially if coming from a leader, manager or someone in a position of authority.
Years ago in ...
10 Lessons From the Coalface
As a coach who assists people and companies to be successful, I would love to say that on my side business is always running smoothly.
Yeah, right.
There isn’t anyone out there who hasn’t started or run a business and not experienced some down time and challenges. It’s what it means to take risks and is inescapable. It also is what enables us to succeed – if we can learn from both our wins and losses.
Carol Dweck is a proponent of being an open learner – seeing ...
Why People Do (and Don’t) Take Action – Part One
If you think about what it takes to achieve – from the most complex strategic plan involving a multinational organisation to a single request – what it comes down to is very simple. Taking the right action with integrity.
Integrity as in whole and complete, not in a moralistic sense.
I promise to write a 400 word summary of yesterday’s meeting and have it on your desk by noon. If I do that then I have taken action with integrity. If I don’t, I haven’t. ...
Recipe for success: stare death in the face
People are complacent.
We wake up in the morning assuming we’ll be alive by the end of the day so delay doing those “less important things”.
That list can get pretty long.
Telling important people we love them.
Eating the foods we know are best for our health.
Exercising.
Pursuing that role we really want because we’re comfortable in our current job. Even though it’s not quite it – just safe.
And so on…
Talk to someone who’s beaten death. They ...
