We all have an ego. We couldn't function properly without one. We need our sense of separateness. On the other hand... Our ego can blind us to the feedback we need to receive in order to grow and to …
New Series of Board-level Skills Workshops launched with Glasgow Chamber of Commerce
Delighted to have launched a new series of workshops at the invitation of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, focusing on board level skills. We’ve picked two topics to begin with: Mastering ... ... …
Can they see where the leverage is?
He’s looking in the wrong place... The young man before us insists a particular role will help his career. He’s frustrated that employers don’t see it that way. He goes over his qualifications and …
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“Soft skills” are an optional extra, right?
The silence in the room is profound. Joe sits out front with the coach who’s running the workshop. No-one moves as Joe processes the question he’s just been asked; the question that will resolve the …
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Collaboration – Everyone’s talking about it but do we have the bandwidth?
Talk of collaboration is everywhere. We recognize that we need to work together more, even in a competitive world setting us against each other if we allow scarcity to be our driver. How well do we …
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He might as well have said they prefer to underperform
"We're an organization that doesn't like to listen to other organizations," he said, also seeming to imply that they'd no intention of changing. That would be OK if they knew everything they needed to …
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