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Authenticity

When I was in my early twenties and starting out in business (working in an advertising agency) I was very concerned about the impression I was making on colleagues and clients.  I made an effort to be seen to do and say the right things. I think many young people do the same...

Renaissance man versus specialist

In today’s commercial world, clients often look for specialists and previous experience of a particular subject or sector. This is, in theory, a safe approach. However, the most innovative and often successful people are often generalists and multi-talented. Below are three...

People who need people

I have recently noticed a couple of developments in dating sites that I found interesting.  Being a happily married man, and therefore not a user of such sites, I only found out about this through their advertising …. but I think I have understood the gist of it. The first...

Change programmes succeed or fail because of People

My current mantra is People, Purpose, Profit – the right people who collaborate in pursuit of a shared purpose will make profits painlessly. So, I was interested to read the following piece from Beyond Performance by Scott Keller and Colin Price of McKinsey … “Only...

People are not motivated by money

I have always believed this. However, I have had arguments all the time about this idea because most people seem to disagree with it. I recently came across this summary of a book called Drive by Dan Pink …. “Rewards don’t work. People are more motivated by internal...

Teams that Click

When people combine in a special way it produces spectacular results. Teams that really gel can do better than teams with hugely talented individuals that don’t combine so well. An excerpt from a book called Click by Ori and Rom Brafman describes this well …...

Think, Feel, Know

I have found a kindred spirit in Darren Shirlaw who has developed the Think, Feel, Know personal profiling system. We will now be using this in our Head, Heart and Hara consulting programmes. The system is based on his experience of dealing with different types of entrepreneur or...

Introverts, we need to hear your views!

I have just seen this TED talk from an introvert who found her voice and it is very compelling – Susan Cain: The power of introverts http://on.ted.com/AZ5B #TED We are so used to seeing celebrities, politicians and the like being extrovert or acting in an extrovert fashion...