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The truth is we don’t know everything, and we never will. Improving yourself, advancing your career and being the best you can be, requires constant learning, tweaking your skills, and adding to your knowledge and experience.
As a leadership speaker, I recall a valuable lesson I learned in the 90s when I ran an entertainment business. It was during a large event with around 1000 people when I noticed that one of the performers was standing behind a lit screen and casting an unwelcome shadow. I started running towards the stage
The rate of change is faster than it ever has been, it’s been around for a long time. Interestingly there are some great lessons in history, of leveraging change. People and businesses who completely revolutionised themselves, their businesses and their markets when change came their way. And although we live in unprecedented times, we can
To get people embracing change you need to become a master influencer. I’ve been speaking and facilitating most of my life. Recently I read a magnificent article from HBR on the art of influence and persuasion. It was so compelling it got me thinking about the importance of influence when it comes to leading change.
As a young child, I have a vivid memory of visiting my father’s office during school holidays and asking to watch his films. Despite not being in the film business, my dad worked in advertising, and his secretary would kindly set up a 16mm projector in a spare room and bring out a pile of
I’ve been facilitating for over 20 years now and am always on the lookout for effective facilitation tools. So when I came upon this I got excited. The story goes that at Virgin’s head office, in their boardroom, is an empty chair. The chair represents the customer, so whenever Sir Richard and his executives get
If you want your people to get fired up about making change happen then you need them to take ownership of it
There’s an old zen koan (story) of a wealthy merchant who wanted to build a new house that illustrates the importance of incremental change. They wanted a three-story dwelling so they could look out over their land and marvel at the beautiful landscape for many miles around, and more importantly, because the higher one lived
Sometimes the best ideas come when change is thrust upon us. No-one likes change, especially in the corporate world. But change brings with it opportunity. If you have the right mindset for it and take action. It’s change management on a very practical level which allows you to cash in on change. No matter how
Like me, you may spend an enormous part of your life in meetings and business events. Whether they are conferences, internal WIPs (work in progress), or boardroom sessions. I have literally spent my life in conferences and meetings, it’s what I do, and face-to-face meetings and events are very hard to replace. But they can
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