The summer break can mean relaxing in the sun (weather permitting), a staycation (complete with DIY), or a full-blown globe-trotting adventure. However you choose to enjoy yourself, this is also a good time for reflection on the year so far. Perhaps your thoughts are drifting to challenges like: Maintaining momentum in the face of the […]
Read moreBusiness booms when it’s more than just business as usual. Remember the joy you felt when you started making a living from something you love? Top leaders stir that same emotional response in their teams, turning them into communities. This is Encouraging the Heart, the fifth Practice of Exemplary Leadership explored in The Leadership Challenge. […]
Read moreOn the surface, the Leadership Challenge is a book by James Kouzes and Barry Posner, first published in 1987 and now on its 2017 sixth edition. On another level, it’s a straightforward, practical model for leadership rooted in over three decades of ongoing research. It’s used by both established and up-and-coming leaders from all walks […]
Read moreHow do you spend your lunch hour? Or perhaps, given the results of a recent Glassdoor survey, I should be asking whether you have a lunch hour at all? 70% of those polled take less than an hour for lunch, with the average across the survey being just 31 minutes. And with 23% commenting that […]
Read moreBusiness leaders’ confidence in the UK economy is at it’s lowest level in 18 months – findings from the latest Institute of Directors (IoD) survey on business confidence. This is unsurprising, given the uncertainty around Brexit, but it’s not all bad news. What was more pleasing, however, was the more positive way in which leaders viewed […]
Read more57% of working days lost through illness in 2017/18 were due to workplace related stress. That’s the conclusion from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) which has calculated that in that period 595,000 workers in the UK suffered from work-related stress, depression or anxiety. That represents an increase of 69,000 on the previous year; a […]
Read moreOriginally conceived as a means of kick-starting spending in the USA after Thanksgiving; Black Friday now seems to encompass a week or more of shopping enticements. However, amidst warnings from consumer groups that some ‘bargains’ may not be all they seem, and with some retail analysts suggesting that heavy pre-Christmas discounting may not be in […]
Read moreIt scarcely seems a year ago when we were writing about lessons of courage and determination from the Toronto Invictus Games. Now a new games is taking place in Sydney Australia and once again the stories of challenges faced and hurdles overcome are truly inspiring. At the time of writing the event is half way […]
Read more“In the selection process, sometimes I worry that people are there for the wrong reasons.” As a new series of The Apprentice heads to our screens Lord Sugar admitted in a BBC interview that there was a chance that the show could attract people who are looking for TV fame rather than those with genuine […]
Read moreAs the cricket and rugby league seasons wind to a close to be replaced on our screens by football and rugby union, as new dramas hit our television screens and fresh line-ups are announced for the return of old favourites; it is hard to escape the inevitable conclusion that summer is over and the slow […]
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