Are you a realistic optimist?
Elisabet Hearn and I wrote this article for 2020visionleader.com Do you assume things will go well? Do you dare take sensible risk, believing in yourself whilst doing so? Do you keep being optimistic even when things go wrong and you have to try a new way out? Do you see plenty of opportunities around you? And do you at the same time stop and think about the practicalities of it all? How long it will take? If you have the resources...
You can’t play a symphony on your own
Elisabet Hearn and I wrote this article for 2020visionleader.com Have you ever observed the conductor of a philharmonic orchestra and how they spend very little time facing the audience? In fact, when you think about it you’ll recognise that they spend most of their time facing the orchestra, which is their team. They are spending their time guiding them to play beautifully, creatively and with great impact together. And have you...
How not to confuse
Words matter. A lot. And it’s important to communicate in such a way that we can reach and connect with other people, right? Of course. We all want to be understood the way we intended. And yet, we can so easily misunderstand each other, as we all interpret words, sentences and even situations differently. We all have different lenses through which we observe and make sense of the world. And those lenses are made up by our unique...
Taking stock of 2021
We are coming to the end of another year and this is the perfect time to take stock. To think about achievements, successes, challenges, insights and how you’ve grown and developed. Do you realise quite how much you have learnt, this year alone? If not, this is the perfect time and opportunity to do just that. In fact, this is not just for the end of the year, we need to spend more time in reflection mode throughout the year as well....
4 practical ways to improve social health at work
Elisabet Hearn and I wrote this article for 2020visionleader.com Health is important for us all, at work and in life as a whole. We often think and talk about it as physical health and mental health. But what about social health? This could be described as team health, collaborative health, connectedness health, belonging health, networking health – basically anything that talks about the health that our social interactions (or lack...
Excellence in Leadership
Excellence in Leadership is excited to announce that the 4th book Supercharged Leader is now launched . This follows on from the three awarded books all of which are available to buy on Amazon
