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Daniel Minis’ interview with the Institute of Coaching, McLean/Harvard Medical School
The Institute of Coaching, McLean/Harvard Medical School features The Alexander Partnership’s Leadership Consultant and Coach, […]
Don’t wait until you’re headed for the exit to plan your next career move.
The planning for your next career move starts today Talking to a client recently, they […]
Making a success of hybrid work
Making a success of hybrid work – empower employees, ensure leaders lead by example & […]
Servant leadership
As the nation continues to pay its respects to Queen Elizabeth II, it is interesting […]
A coach is not just for the ‘good times’
A coach is not just for the ‘good times’ One thing I’ve noticed over the […]
Effective coaching: it’s a middle distance run not a sprint
Effective coaching: it’s a middle distance run not a sprint Over the years, I have […]
Dealing with the paralysis of self-censorship
Dealing with the paralysis of self-censorship The arrival of spring is always an optimistic time […]
The power and importance of the deep acceptance of what ‘is’.
The power and importance of the deep acceptance of what ‘is’. The 13th Century poet […]
Planning for a life beyond the corporate hot seat
Planning for a life beyond the corporate hot seat It might be that many high […]
Mind the gap (and shape your response)
Mind the gap (and shape your response) Those of you who follow my posts might […]
Working 9 to 5, not a way to make a living… the rise of the hybrid working environment
Working 9 to 5, not a way to make a living… the rise of the […]
CEOs should target alignment – not consensus – for their decision making
CEOs should target alignment – not consensus – for their decision making I recently worked […]
When the working marriage is unequal, something needs to give
When the working marriage is unequal, something needs to give Most of us will have […]
Leadership: finding individual super performance
Leadership: finding individual super performance What characteristics define those leaders who outperform other leaders over […]
As a leader, you must stand up for what you believe in
As a leader, you must stand up for what you believe in What is leadership? […]
It’s all in your head…and your heart…and your gut
It’s all in your head…and your heart…and your gut In my later corporate life, I […]
From outsider to insider: three watch-outs for senior leaders joining a new company
From outsider to insider: three watch-outs for senior leaders joining a new company Joining an […]
Conversations that create real value
Conversations that create real value Are you sitting comfortably? Let me tell you a tale […]
CEOs: don’t let your stakeholders cry foul
CEOs: don’t let your stakeholders cry foul It’s hard to see football’s proposed European Super […]
The seven Cs of work: how to shape a hybrid home/office working model post-pandemic
The seven Cs of work: how to shape a hybrid home/office working model post-pandemic The […]
Time to bring the significance back to your working life
It was the 19th Century’s Frederick Winslow Taylor – one of the first management consultants […]
John Ainley: Don’t let the pandemic ‘flood’ your emotions
Don’t let the pandemic ‘flood’ your emotions On Christmas Eve, the area where I live […]
Hande Yasargil: New Year leadership resolutions
What a year it was! It wouldn’t be wrong to say that there was as […]
Philip Goldman: How can we make sure we don’t fall victim to Groundhog Day?
How can we make sure we don’t fall victim to Groundhog Day? Groundhog Day is […]
Hande Yasargil: Never ending battle: gender diversity
Never ending battle: gender diversity “This is a critical moment for corporate America. Companies risk […]
John Ainley: The relationship between the chair and CEO can make or break a business
Two’s company: the relationship between chair and CEO can make or break a business A […]
Lloyd Wigglesworth: The chair and CEO – friends or enemies
The chair and CEO – friends or enemies? If there is one critical business relationship […]
Lloyd Wigglesworth: The changing and increasingly challenging role of the CEO
The changing and increasingly challenging role of the CEO In seeking to understand what it […]
Philip Goldman: Finding a growth mindset
Forget all the seasonal negativity – it’s time to adopt a growth mindset In my […]
A view from the boardroom
The challenges and demands on the modern-day CEO: some of Britain’s top business leaders share […]
‘Business as usual’ is no more (neither should it be ‘boards as usual’)
As the world learns to live with coronavirus – at least until the arrival of […]
When the challenge arises, pause and be a “force of nature” not a “selfish little clod”
George Bernard Shaw once wrote, “This is the true joy in life, the being used […]
Remote working shouldn’t lead to remote relationships
Guiding a business through the remote working lockdown has been demanding for every leader. […]
Reinventing your business model
As businesses begin the long journey out of COVID-19 lockdown, a strong theme emerging is […]
The next horizon: three big questions for HRDs
Every day we’re gathering stories and rich insight into what’s going on across businesses as […]
Leadership teams should bottle the pandemic spirit
Last week’s VE Day marked the 75th anniversary of the Allied victory in Europe. It […]
Hande Yasargil: Interview with Stanislav Shekshnia on boards and Covid
Company boards have a critical part to play during the COVID-19 crisis. Find out what […]
John Ainley: A new normal
There are many changes taking place in the workplace right now as a result of […]
Lloyd Wigglesworth: What are other CEOs doing?
Leading in a crisis – what are other CEOs doing? Has there ever been a […]
Hande Yasargil: Crisis leadership demands that leaders of any gender exploit their masculine and feminine strengths
The best leaders in the COVID-19 crisis will draw on both their masculine and feminine […]
Becky Falkingham: Communication in a crisis
Communicate, communicate, communicate… Recall any crisis from the last few decades and there is […]
John Ainley: Ensuring remote meetings create maximum value
Six ways leaders can run a better Video Conference As more of us work from […]
Francesca Lanza Tans: Leading effectively from home
Leading effectively from home In this current climate, no one knows what tomorrow will bring, […]
Francesca Lanza Tans: Coronavirus measures
Coronavirus: the ten steps leadership can take to help vaccinate their business operations The spread […]
Hande Yasargil: Say goodbye to these seven habits
Women in the workplace: breaking free from the seven confidence blockers Recognising the blockers like […]
Jill Pett: Defining Leadership Presence
How to build leadership presence Recently the choir I sing in during my spare time […]
Becky Falkingham: Bilateral Leadership
Bilateral leadership: why it happens, the damage it can cause and what you can do […]
John Ainley: Managing workplace conflict
Conflict can be a positive for your organisation: my tops tips for managing workplace conflict […]
Becky Falkingham: Top time management tips for the busy CEO
Take back control: ten top time management tips for the busy CEO We all wish […]
Jill Pett: Don't let an absence of decision making blunt your leadership
Don’t let an absence of decision making blunt your leadership Of all the tools in […]
John Ainley: Energy
Do what gives you energy, not what depletes you According to various measures, we spend […]
Philip Goldman: Mindfulness
Controlling our emotions with mindfulness Most people either forget, or don’t know, that our complex […]
John Ainley: My interview with Meyler Campbell
John Ainley was interviewed for the Meyler Campbell newsletter. Click here to read.
John Ainley: Installing a "leader hero" type CEO is a short-term fix, which often ends in long-term failure
There are too many ‘leader hero’ type CEOs, with egos to match, who are brought […]
Jill Pett: "Reset for the 'new year'"
After the long summer break, September has a back to school feeling even for those […]
Philip Goldman: "Why having the right attitude is key to business success"
Psychologist and Nazi prison camp survivor Viktor Frankl, wrote in his book ‘Man’s search for […]
Lloyd Wigglesworth: "Head + heart + gut = the right decision"
Making decisions is a leader’s stock-in-trade. Everyone in the business expects a leader to say […]
Philip Goldman: "Pursuing higher intent leadership"
In my last post, I discussed the importance of leaders embracing their higher purpose to […]
John Ainley: Game, set and match for the inner game
I was lucky enough to be at Wimbledon for this year’s women’s singles finals between […]
John Ainley: Playing the inner game successfully
A client I work with who runs a business unit within a large organisation, recently […]
Philip Goldman: Business leaders must embrace their higher purpose
If there is one thing that Brexit has revealed – on both sides of the […]
Becky Falkingham: Where’s your cabin in the woods?
Twice a year, Bill Gates retires to a cabin in the middle of a forest […]
Philip Houghton: The more creative leader
Seven ways to stimulate creativity in your business We are entering an age in which […]
Jill Pett: The best leaders know when to change direction
As the interminable Brexit saga drags on with – at least at the time of […]
John Ainley: Most businesses fail the feedback test
While his team may not have seen off France in 2018’s FIFA World Cup final, […]
Jill Pett: Ten tips for succeeding as a woman in a male environment
1. Focus on what you can control – your responses and your attitude There may […]
Philip Goldman: When ‘no’ needs to become ‘yes’
Earlier this year my wife went into hospital for a relatively minor operation. Unfortunately, complications […]
John Ainley: Why every leadership team needs an objective view
No business has it all. Take two clients I’ve worked with recently. One is a […]
Philip Houghton: Culture Development & the Road Less Travelled
While there are a number of foundational practices – such as explicit culture leadership from […]
Philip Houghton: Culture development and the top ten foundational practices
As the pace of business change accelerates and strategic differentiation becomes increasingly short-lived, it is […]
John Ainley: Don’t let your mind talk yourself down
If you were helping a child who said they weren’t very good at something how […]
Jill Pett: Do you ‘walk the walk’?
I once went to a retirement dinner for the CEO of a well known blue […]
Becky Falkingham: The rise and rise of the nurturing CEO
A majority of the CEOs I work with have a more nurturing style of leadership […]
Francesca Lanza Tans: Recovering and maintaining your energy levels is not a ‘nice to have’ – it’s a ‘must have’
There are times in high performing organisations where things can break down and go wrong. […]
Philip Houghton: Three questions on culture every leadership team must answer
Establishing the right culture in an organisation is vital for long term success. Along with […]
John Ainley: Why networking when you’re in work is just as important as when you’re looking for work
It’s an irony that when someone is out of employment and looking for a job […]
Jill Pett: Beware of the ‘phantom’ decision maker
When did you last hear someone in your organisation suggest an initiative or an action […]
Philip Goldman: As a leader, how confident are you?
Successful leaders are confident leaders but confidence in itself can be an elusive quality; something […]
Philip Houghton: Successful culture change begins with the CEO
Many leaders recognise the ongoing and urgent need to build more agile organisations; especially if […]
John Ainley: The truth is out there (but your leadership conversations might not find it)
In every executive team it is critical that open, honest conversations are the bedrock of […]
Jill Pett: Being human – why business leaders need to show the human touch
One of your team suffers a family bereavement, illness, or is going through tough times […]
John Ainley: Your organisation is a shadow of you
‘You must be the change you want to see in the world’ said Gandhi and […]
Becky Falkingham: A happy leader is a good leader: how happy are you?
To be an effective and well respected leader it follows that you need to be […]
John Ainley: No one enjoys working for a ‘meddling’ CEO
One question I’m often asked by CEOs I work with is, ‘how do I know […]
Philip Goldman: Be your own Inner Game Coach. This is how you do it.
For leaders to survive and thrive, they’re going to need to increase their capacity to […]
Philip Houghton: Business leaders use conversation to drive success: here are 5 things they do
2017 was another busy year. Looking back, you covered lots of ground, delivered plenty of […]
Philip Goldman: The best global leaders are now forming ‘leadership cohorts’ to succeed. Here are 4 things you need to know:
Creating ‘leadership cohorts’ can help leaders think differently. Here’s 4 things to know if you […]
John Ainley: Why a team charter can deliver better decision making
On a riverside meadow near the Thames in 1215, King John – under huge pressure […]
Philip Goldman: What skiing taught me about making better decisions in business
1. Creating the space for ‘safe uncertainty’ can help you make better decisions Some years […]
Philip Goldman: Want to be a better leader? It’s all a question of physics
When the physicist and mathematician Sir Isaac Newton first came up with his three laws […]
Becky Falkingham: Top ten ways for a CEO to stay connected
Knowing what’s really happening on the ‘shop floor’ is a critical requirement for every leader […]
John Ainley: Is your leadership blinkered by the ‘experience blindfold?’
It was the French philosopher René Descartes who argued, “If you would be a real […]
Keith Krasny: Forget ‘strong and stable’ – leadership is about knowing your weaknesses
The Guardian Small Business Network. Theresa May uses the strongman model of leadership – but […]
Philip Goldman: Creating An Olympic Mindset
– how business leaders can harness the mental approach used by Olympians to transform their […]
John Ainley: Team success depends on trust and strong relationships… in business & in politics
Team success depends on trust and strong relationships… in business & in politics If there […]
John Ainley: The loneliness of the CEO, and the dangers for their businesses
Midweek view: Many CEOs ‘don’t know what they don’t know’ and are struggling without the […]