When it comes to running effective meetings and making good decisions as a result, we usually focus on practicalities. What is the purpose of the meeting? What decisions need to be made? What is the agenda? Who needs to be…
Category: Leadership development
This is NOT business as usual
I ran a Skype coaching session earlier with the Managing Director of a fairly large organisation and, as part of the conversation, asked what he was doing to manage his business through the current Coronavirus crisis. He replied that his…
Decision making in uncertain times
A friend called me this morning for help and advice. They run a local restaurant and are considering whether they try to continue trading and the implications for their employees and their family. Like most of us, they're trying to…
How leadership development can thrive in a world of remote working
Remote working is here to stay Remote working has been thrust into the spotlight by the COVID 19 coronavirus outbreak, but the trend towards flexible working patterns is long established. In the UK, the number of remote workers has increased…
Mindfulness – an unhelpful cliché that misses the point
Mindfulness and the broader topic of employee well-being has swept onto the development agenda over the last couple of years. In its wake are thousands of managers frantically trying to jump on the bandwagon. Happier employees work harder, stay longer…
Leadership development in action: Nyomi’s story
Just under a year ago we completed a 2 year high potential (HIPO) development programme with Shred-it, the the world’s leading secure information destruction company and part of Stericycle Inc. We welcomed participants from across Shred-it's EMEAA operations, from the…
Am I coaching or mentoring? Know the differences, but don’t worry too much…
At our regular, free Executive Coaching BootCamps, one of the most common questions we get is the difference between coaching and mentoring. Whilst it would be lovely to give a black and white answer to this, the reality is it's…
Why we love to run free events
For over 3 years, we've been running regular Leadership BootCamps across the UK. Our BootCamps are free events on a range of topics close to our heart such as Executive Coaching, High Performing Teams and Organisational Change. So why do we…
Reducing the cost of executive coaching
Let's not beat around the bush - executive coaching isn't cheap. In fact if you measure your learning and development interventions in terms of per-person contact time, it's probably the most expensive development activity you will undertake. The returns that executive…
Mind the gap – maintaining learning away from the classroom.
Leadership development can be a considerable investment in time and money. There is often a temptation to extend the perceived life of this investment by delivering programmes over long timetables, with extended gaps between the formal, classroom-based learning elements. Instantly…