Your organisation’s ability to function effectively in today’s competitive market depends on a number of crucial factors. The most crucial of all is undoubtedly leadership and without it the organisation is doomed; and this leadership is not just one person – the ‘head honcho’ – for the truly effective leader always create leadership all theContinue reading “Motivational Maps versus Staff Surveys”
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Valuing Yourself
My friend Howard told me a great story recently, and whilst I can’t vouch for its precise historical accuracy, I know this happens all the time. A man has a fridge in his house which he wants to replace, as he has bought a brand spanking new and better model. So he rationalises that theContinue reading “Valuing Yourself”
Revenue Model for Coaches and Consultants
To be successful as a coach or consultant (or indeed as a trainer) in today’s competitive market is a tall order; the reality is there is so much competition, and so many ‘me-too’ coaches and consultants out there. The net effect of all the down-sizing, delayering, and simply the ‘I’ve had it with corporate life-itis’, means there are seemingly millions of coaches and consultants everywhere. Organisations that provide training and accreditation in this area have a field day: they are able to accurately state that this is one of the fastest growing sectors in the world, and yet ignore the implications of what this means when so many are scrambling to get on board the gravy train.
Winning the war
Somebody was speaking to me today about how important story telling is for a speaker, and I couldn’t agree more. The Cox Report on English teaching, like most Government sponsored reports, was full of well meaning waffle, but it did have one blindingly brilliant sentence in it: “Narrative may be regarded as a primary actContinue reading “Winning the war”
The Mapping Motivation Series 