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2020 Was a year of real hope
2020 was a year that gave me some real hope. - Many companies stepping up to support their employees and communities;
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Leadership Just Got Harder in 2020… and we should welcome it
The table stakes on leadership just got higher in 2020. And that's a good thing.We need to make impossible balances. Impossible because they won't ...
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Leadership needs to be completely different for remote. Or does it?
As much as leading is a responsibility and a privilege, it is an art and a craft. When you watch the best footballers play ...
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How much more do you need?
As much of Europe goes into the second lockdown, and the psychological, mortal and economic costs mount up, we congratulate or berate world leaders ...
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The weather is grey – work doesn’t need to be
"Joy. And pain. Like sunshine. And rain" Anyone old enough (or South London enough) to remember that from the 80s? It's what we need ...
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If you can’t change the world, change yourself
Do we take offence, or do we change things? Or do we do both? There’s a lovely parable in Buddhist tradition. To walk in ...
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The hype cycle on remote working
Headlines like to paint an extreme. So remote working is either our saviour, or the start of our demise. And the reporting has followed ...
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Have your kids influenced your business?
Next week, my eldest child starts at uni. And it makes me wonder what kind of parent I've been. Not just whether I've had ...
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Don’t be a Should Shoveller
I find that the people who should the most, often do the least. When I meet a manager who shoulds all over him or ...
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Most strategic decisions are harmful or irrelevant
Most strategic decisions made by leadership teams are at best irrelevant, and at worst harmful. And this is for one simple reason. They don't ...
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New processes won’t replace old (bad)habits
Those of us with an entrepreneurial mind tend to be bling-hogs (guilty as charged). Our bling is new books, new systems, new processes, new ...
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The redundant founder / CEO
The majority of my work these days tends to be with companies that need support in scaling up. That may be because they're on ...
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