2016

What is the one thing that almost all leaders will tell you that they don't have enough of?   In my experience, it is time. Shifting pressures to deliver results faster, more flexibly and with fewer resources has led to a culture of being busy that is now so entrenched in most organizations that it seems to be used to judge a persons ... Read more...

Becoming a Leader of Learning The difference between a manager and a leader is often defined in terms of a manager being focused on the here-and-now, whilst a leader having more of their focus on the future. If this is accepted then the role of the leader must be accepted as having a strong component that relates to learning - both their own in ... Read more...

Many trainers are familiar with a simple coaching model such as the GROW model. This is a series of steps that help an individual to identify a goal and then work towards achieving it. The GROW acronym stands for Goal, Reality, Options and Will ( or, is some versions, Wrap-up) and the coach works through these in sequence, using questions to ... Read more...

Question Week March 13th- 19th is ‘Question Week’ in the USA, chosen because it is the week of Albert Einstein’s birthday, and promoted to encourage everyone to explore the power and potential of asking great questions. I’ve been on a soapbox for a while about how to formulate and choose fantastic questions as a means of understanding more... Read more...

  Organisational change doesn’t happen if we simply tinker around with systems and procedures. If we are to make genuine changes in organisations we have to go right back to the underlying patterns and assumptions that cause the organisation to do what it does. We need to question everything we think we know with a range of ... Read more...