Imagine that it’s the end of next week. On a large blank sheet of paper write down what you would like to be able to say about the week “just gone”. How have you spent it? How were you? What have you achieved?. The list will probably be a mix of personal and professional tasks … Continued
Ed Catmull (co-founder of Pixar and former President of Pixar Animation and Disney Animation) and his leadership team asked themselves a string of questions following the astonishing success of their early films ‘Toy Story’ and ‘A Bug’s Life’: “If we had done some things right to achieve success, how could … Continued
I remember the first strategy away day I had with the senior team in a recently merged organisation; each wanted to present their strategy and intended to use PowerPoint. They were dismayed when I invited them to confine their presentation onto two pages of flipchart. But the conversation we had that day … Continued
How to foster commitment – not just compliance – on your team The dynamic shifts at this time of the yearand it’s often a great time to stop and reassess. Where’s our focus? What are our priorities? How am I leading the team? Some leaders foster compliance: teams of people who work … Continued
Do you ever have those days where you work frenetically, but go home feeling “I got nothing done today?” So many of the clients I work with are overwhelmed. They get to the end of one task: there are tens more waiting. So they start with the smaller things (because that shortens … Continued
I saw a cartoon recently that made me laugh out loud. It was a drawing of a chicken and an egg lying in bed, happy, relaxed, smoking. The caption? “Well, that clears that up!”. Working in organisations, I come across a lot of talk about values: senior management are working them out and communicating … Continued