The best leaders in the world are ones who take the time to teach employees and pass on valuable...
Seven keys to setting an example to be a good leader
If you want your team to step up as trustworthy, enthusiastic leaders, you need to set a good example....
Improve team collaboration with these key skills
Research has shown the positive impact of team collaboration, so making sure your team have the skills to communicate...
What happens when employees feel left out at work
No one likes to feel excluded from a group and when this happens, it can feel very personal and...
Why are goals and objectives important?
How can setting goals and objectives help motivate employees? In this Fast Company article, Dan Feliciano explains how and...
Why Work Doesn’t Happen at Work. Jason Fried
Given a choice, many people avoid the office when they really want to go to get work done, choosing...
How to Make Hard Choices. Ruth Chang, philosopher.
Hard decisions are, of course, hard to make, but they come up in the course of everyone’s life. Here...
Listen, Learn… then Lead. Stanley McChrystal, 4-star general.
Here’s someone with a military perspective on leadership that turns out to be really useful when trying to build...
How great leaders inspire action. Simon Sinek, author and motivational speaker.
Sinek says people usually build their business from What to How and then possibly add Why, but he says...
The power of believing you can improve. Carol Dweck, professor of psychology at Stanford University
This talk summarises Carol Dweck’s theory that it is vital to have a growth mindset, in which you understand...
How to build your creative confidence. David Kelley.
Is your school or workplace divided into “creatives” versus practical people? Designer David Kelley suggests that creativity is not...
Working with upset
When people get upset it is useful to be able to intervene. Simply telling them to calm down is...
ABC of conversations
It can be hard to raise difficult issues without causing upset, and we know how many managers would love...
Four Steps to better meetings
Meetings use a great deal of time in some companies, so first do a cost-benefit analysis - who will...
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Four Steps to better meetings
Meetings use a great deal of time in some companies, so first do a cost-benefit analysis - who will...
The language of understanding
The meaning in two people’s heads is never exactly the same, and it is often significantly different even when...
Dealing with distractions
We are constantly bombarded by things that demand our attention. This is a pain and makes work harder than it...