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Great Speaking Tip 1: It’s ALL about them not you
19 Sep, 2011
Recently I was a keynote speaker at the Christie’s Global Conference in London. I have since become friends with Matthew Ferrara from the USA who was an engaging and animated speaker at that …
Demoralising Your Team 6: Don’t Listen, Act Too Busy
30 Aug, 2011
Don’t your team realise how busy you are? Perhaps they will notice by you rushing around and saying “I’ve only got 5 minutes” and “I must dash, I’m late for a me…
How to Demoralise Your Team 5: Steal their ideas and claim the credit
28 Aug, 2011
Brilliant ideas and intellectual property (IP) carry great weight in business. What happens when team members bring cutting edge and outstanding ideas to you? Some leaders try extracting all the IP…
How to Demoralise your Team 4: Short-term Miopia & Cuts
27 Aug, 2011
Clients have reminded me there are numerous ways they and their teams have been demoralised by poor leaders. Here is another. We are clearly moving into a double dip recession in many counties, yet…
“Everything should be as simple as possible; but no simpler”
27 Aug, 2011
This quote is a version of “Occam’s razor”. The idea of simplicity appeals to me greatly. My friend Oliver Johnston has wonderfully refreshing views on “less” and figh…
How to Demoralise Your Team 3 – Be a Self-Interested Leader
22 Aug, 2011
Go on, you know you want to………. Tell them all just how good you are, what you’ve achieved as a self-made man or woman. In a position like yours you can really look after num…
Medical problems for Leaders – foretelling the next crisis
17 Aug, 2011
A friend of mine is a doctor near where I live in the Square Mile in the City of London. He is seeing disturbing signs with his clients who are leaders from the top global companies based in that p…
How to Demoralise Your Team 2 – Hoard Information
15 Aug, 2011
Imagine a trip into the future……The Doctor has referred you to an unusual Neuro-Surgeon who can show you where information is stored in your brain. The screen in front of you shows area…
How to Demoralise Your Team 1 – Micromanage
15 Aug, 2011
I thought I would include 4 short blogs on how to demoralise your team. Often it is helpful to point out the toxic things we do, in order to focus on what we should be doing instead. So your Doctor…
Good to Great to Poor
15 Aug, 2011
On my recent summer holiday I was relaxing and reading “Too Big to Fail” the account of the 2008 failure of the banking system. It reminded me of experiences I have had with organisatio…
A Leaders Time for a Pit Stop?
16 Jul, 2011
In this manic business world we choose to live in there is a cost and consequences to the machismo. Having untaken holiday to “carry over to next year” is worn as a badge of pride. You …
Happiness, Success or Both? You Choose
7 Jul, 2011
Success can be defined as ” getting what you want”, while happiness is defined as “wanting what you already have”. Do you really appreciate what you already have? As an over…
