In my last blog, which derived from my talk at the Dominion Theatre last week, I discussed the most difficult thing to deal with in business, the most difficult thing being people. I suggested that three problems typically beset managers about this and that in the next blog I would tackle what the differences betweenContinue reading “How Understanding People are not Things helps promote effective Leadership”
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Mentoring and Its Four Dimensions
Sometimes I am asked, what is the single most powerful tool that facilitates personal development? This is a tricky question because of course any answer must be contextual; one factor might be speed. How fast do you want the personal development to occur? If speed is the issue, then clearly you may choose a processContinue reading “Mentoring and Its Four Dimensions”
Finding Diamonds Before You Go a-Marketing
Marketing, as Peter Drucker observed, was one of the two functions that alone made money for a business – all else was a cost. Thus it is PDI – Pretty Damned Important! It’s a shame, therefore, that it only does – usually – half the job. True, that half it may do spectacularly well, butContinue reading “Finding Diamonds Before You Go a-Marketing”
Understanding more about mentoring
There is much written about coaching, which is undeniably an incredible and powerful way to develop people. Far less is written about mentoring; yet mentoring is one of the most powerful tools for personal development known to mankind. Speaking generically, there are three major ways to improve oneself: first, trial and error – a necessaryContinue reading “Understanding more about mentoring”
The Mapping Motivation Series 