There's no such thing as the right question, of course, but some enquiries contribute more to moving things on than others. It's worth thinking about... What's your intention when you ask a question …
If you’re the leader…
You created everything around you. (You are the person with authority and influence, after all.) If you don’t like it, either you’ve not led very well, or you’re not actually the leader. Which is …
Knowing your own power
It’s surprising, in a way, how little we know of our own power—our power to impact on other people. We tend not to realise just how impactful we can be. We say things with full force when actually …
Do you go at the pace of the slowest?
Working with leadership teams, it’s usually the boss who has the most to think about and the most change work to do. They are the main driving force in the company after all. But as well as …
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The part that makes the most difference
We spend a lot of time thinking about how to change things around us; how to change our organisation and the people in it. That’s a lot of work. We tend to encounter resistance and often it takes a …
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Controlling everything isn’t leadership
It’s management. They say the best leaders are the ones who develop the most leaders, not the most followers. If we want to lead—as opposed to manage—we mustn’t control everything, because then …
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