Meet the board you could never afford™
New Year’s Resolutions. Just going through the motions or using the idea as a motivator? I think that people whose New Year’s resolutions fail wanted to carry them out, but they didn’t prepare themselves for the process well enough. After all, if you could do something differently – and successfully – so that your business, [...]
If only it were that easy! But whilst the recipe for the perfect CEO might not exist, there are definitely some basic ingredients which are required to make the creation a success … Before we identify the fundamental traits that blend together to create a successful CEO, first let’s remind ourselves of what the role [...]
I can’t be alone, can I? When I first graduated, I naively thought there wasn’t any job I couldn’t do – if only someone would just tell me what to do and how… Oh, the innocent folly of youth! But I did recognise that my own worst nightmare could be to join any graduate-development programme [...]
In business, there is always something new to learn, something else to know and another experience to be gained. No matter how long you have been in business, no matter how high you have risen whilst doing so, finding business excellence is a journey that never ends. I’ve been in business for many years and, [...]
I am a Business Intuitive and thanks to the kindness and provocative thinking of Brian Chernett, have presented courses to Academy Members over the years on the benefits of using Intuition and Creativity on demand. Last year, 2009, was traumatic for a number of reasons so I decided to listen to that small still voice [...]
As an experienced performer and trainer I condense the underlying value of practicing improvisation to one word – presence. In order to improvise well one acquires and develops a specific set of skills. This set of skills greatly enhances personal effectiveness through an ever deepening level of presence in the here and now. When people [...]
Being stressed virtually defines ineffectiveness. We’re either relaxed and focused or stressed and distracted. Our best decisions come from a calm, centred place. The paradox is – the more calmly we approach a task, the more dynamically we are operating. Here are eight simple practices, based on timeless wisdoms; you can do alone or with [...]
The thing about balance is that it never achieves anything, except…well, being balanced. You’ll notice that outstanding achievers in any field you care to mention from business, to sport, the arts, science, politics, invention and design are never the most balanced of individuals and hardly lead balanced lives, so focused are they on breaking new [...]
When I was a salaried employee—of a variety of companies including Marks and Spencer and CMG, a full services IT business—I had no problem leaving at the end of the day and putting the job out of my mind. Not for me the contest to leave last or be in early. As a self employed [...]
Do you want a high performing team that develops over time, with people that stay and grow into new roles, people that demonstrate trust, determination, creativity and loyalty? Of course you do. To achieve that, it has to be enjoyable to work with you. There has to be, as the Sherman Brothers put it (below), [...]