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Leading and Succeeding in Challenging Times
Leaders are faced with the on-going dilemma of maintaining long-term and sustainable profitability, whilst having to meet the short-term gains demanded by investors. Here are a few insights into how...
View ArticleWhat Do You Think?
by Andrew Cooke, Blue Sky GPS In an interview with the New York Times, Bill Marriott, chairman of the Marriott Hotel Group, shared this useful piece of advice. He explained that as a young officer in...
View ArticleThe Risks of Conforming
We often look at the risks associated when people don’t conform, and we often don’t like those who fail to act in the way we want or we expect. But how often do we consider the risks associated with...
View ArticleThree Types of Listening
Listening is the ability to accurately receive and interpret messages in the communication process. Listening is key to all effective communication; without the ability to listen effectively messages...
View ArticleEvaluating The Feedback You Receive
3 steps how to receive feedback, especially when it is unsolicited We grow best by building on our strengths, not by constantly trying to correct our “weaknesses.” That’s the essence of positive...
View ArticleHandling Negative Feedback
A few tips on how to handle negative feedback well rather than poorly We all have experienced receiving negative feedback, and if we are honest there are times when we have not handled well. We may...
View ArticleFreedom & Choice
Choosing your own way, and choosing to be free of interference from others in doing so What does freedom mean to you? You will come up with many answers covering many concepts, situations or contexts...
View ArticleThe Paradox of Choice
Giving greater choice does not mean more will be chosen! Most people believe that having a choice is good. The belief here is that choice gives us freedom, so if we have more choices we have more...
View ArticleLetting Go and Living in the Present
If you want to create your future, then work in the present How often have your colleagues, your family, or your friends, amazed you with their near-perfect photographic recall of the times when you...
View ArticleManaging the Monkey!
How to free time, reduce your to-do list, and move back to managing from being managed!!! Many managers often find themselves with long to-do lists which get longer, with more seeming to have been...
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