Whenever I get the opportunity to talk to people whose leaders inspire them, one word constantly comes up: listening. And it’s always interesting to wait for the next word: mostly its ‘encouraging’. As in “he was a great listener: really encouraging”. The third word is generally prompted by me “And … Continued
I was lucky enough to be invited to facilitate a group of 60+ people on a 2-day strategy development workshop recently with the EMEA team of a pharma MNC. Given the brief: a recently restructured business, a new leader and a tough environment, my co-facilitator and I carefully designed a … Continued
When running management and leadership development workshops, I am often amazed at the amount of knowledge that participants already have. So many of them know the books, the gurus, the Ted talks, the theories… In any case, leadership development is not a matter of knowledge/learning – it’s much more about approach. … Continued
Two things I remember from receiving a major (and unexpected) promotion years ago: 1) getting onto the train home so excited that I wanted to broadcast the news to a carriage-load of tired strangers (I didn’t!), and 2) walking into my new office on Day 1, closing the door and … Continued