Vulnerability, Honesty & Being Human
'Searching for a Van'
One of my most embarrassing moments, professionally, and how through the empathy and support of those I let down, I learned some massive lessons…
Performance Management
Book Review:
The Checklist Manifesto
by Atul Gawande
How Little Things Make A Big Difference: how increasing knowledge and specialisation led to increased complexity and lethal mistakes... until the checklist.
Book Review:
Great At Work
by Morten T Hansen
This book is an excellent and highly researched follow up and companion to ‘Good to Great’ – this time focusing on employees rather than leaders.
Book Review:
Toxic
by Clive Lewis
Poor performance from a different perspective – toxic culture, rather than toxic people; but a toxic culture empowers toxic behaviour….
Communication & Setting Success Criteria
'People on an Airfield'
Clear priorities are one thing - but what if they conflict? A great example of the need to connect top level strategy with ground level decision making.
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Motivation
Six key drivers, and four key inhibitors, that will determine how successfully motivated you are...and how you can support other's motivation
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Development through Delegation
Key principles of delegation, including a step by step approach on how to use delegation as a development tool.
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Performance Management
How to check that performance is truely poor, then identify the causes and address them, avoiding common pitfalls.
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The Formula for Success
Five key factors that together, make success more likely, and conversely, make failure more likely if any are missing.
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Managing Poor Performance
managing poor performance checklist... Your managing poor performance checklist: 4 key factors that are responsible for most poor performance, and how to prevent them and set up for success using the PIMST model.
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Managing High Performers
How to encourage high performance and reward it - and also how to prevent it becoming a liability rather than an asset...
Personal Development & Mentoring
'Learning from Mistakes'
Not all learning is formalised and planned. People talk about attending ‘the University of Life’ – and here’s an excellent example..
