It all depends on your perspective of course... Who's at arms length from who? We might feel more secure keeping uncomfortable (but needed) influences at arm's length. The thing is... It's tempting …
The edge of expertise
We tend to be most comfortable working in the centre ground of our expertise—where we’re really pretty sure of our ground. Actually... That may not be what’s most useful to people, or to us. That …
Acting today to justify who we were yesterday
We tend to favour consistency. We act in a way that aligns with who we were before. Then everything is nice and tidy. It’s not embarrassing. It might be rather ineffective, or even plain wrong, but …
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The unceasing merit (and remarkable difficulty) of taking a fresh look
We know new insights come to us when we look at things afresh. But it's remarkably difficult to do that properly. Our minds get very comfortable with a particular way of looking at things, and of …
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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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How far do you go… to coach an employee?
I often see business owners and managers struggling to secure reasonable performance from certain of their employees - one or two members of staff who, for some reason, aren't effective. Cases where …
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