As part of my personal goals last year, I challenged myself to read a business or leadership book every month. There were quite a few I read via audiobooks, and also a number I received as advanced copies from publishers and could read on my Kindle. The idea started in April 2017, [...]
It can be easy to get lost in the world of employee assessments. What to use, and when, and how much to spend are common questions, but I think there are a few earlier steps that need to be taken 1. Why? This is a pretty important question to ask and [...]
Earlier this week I wrote about how as part of my personal goals last year, I challenged myself to read a business or leadership book every month. If you missed the post, you can get up to speed here. So what do I recommend? What should you be reading in 2018? [...]
As part of my personal goals last year, I challenged myself to read a business or leadership book every month. There were quite a few I read via audiobooks, and also a number I received as advanced copies from publishers and could read on my Kindle. The idea started in April 2017, [...]
This book is aimed squarely at start up businesses that are starting to grow and employ staff and need to start considering people management and leadership. It is peppered with case studies and divided into sections such as growing your business, recruitment, performance management etc. so can be read in chunks [...]
As the title suggests, this is a book full of "myths" about leadership rather than a list of how to be a leader. There are over 50 myths and the author explains what the myth is, why it is a myth and what you can do instead. As he says, this [...]
Let’s go back for a moment to 1995. OJ Simpson was found innocent, Netscape debuted, Coolio was at the top of the ARIA charts with Gangsta’s Paradise and fashion was VERY colourful. One thing you may not remember is that Daniel Goleman published Emotional Intelligence: Why it can matter more than [...]
I think I have been fairly lucky that, for the most part, I have had a Manager who I've been able to respect and communicate openly with. But what happens when employee's aren't very happy with their leader? Firstly, let's look some issues I hear most commonly from people complaining about their Manager. [...]
How much time do you dedicate to personal development? In my experience, most people still struggle to think of ideas to put on an Individual Development Plan. And for some reason, many employees, including Senior Leaders feel like they don't need to develop any further once they have achieved their career [...]
About ten years ago I went to a team strategy day, and as part of this, we had a session on Whole Brain® Thinking and received our HBDI® (Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument) profiles. Over the years, I've done a number of diagnostics like MBTI, DISC, LSI and MSCEIT, and I think these [...]
