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Does Corporate Social Responsibility make business sense?
I recently wrote to Portsmouth Water to ask them if they would be interested in sponsoring an event I was involved in organising. They politely replied, explaining that they concentrate their charitable efforts on a charity called Water Aid, which helps...
The workplace has all the ingredients for conflict to boil over.
The Sunday Times recently published an article about the major problems conflict can cause in the workplace, especially if avoided by managers and leaders. Studies have shown that up to 40% of an executive's time is spent dealing with...
La Rentrée: this time of year we all go ‘back to school’
My children have been back at school a few weeks now and we have just about settled back into the routine of it all. My eldest son is now at secondary school and has been subjected to various assessment tests to determine which sets he goes...
Inspiring Leadership. Richard Branson breaks the rules again!
"My philosophy is, put your employees first, your customers second and your investors third and, in the end, everyone will be happy." Virgin Boss, Sir Richard Branson, has nailed another PR coup. Setting the cat amongst the pigeons and challenging employers to...
The Scottish Referendum highlights the pros and cons of complex decision making.
The big decision faced by the Scottish dominates the news at the moment; as the outcome of the impending referendum currently appears too close to call. The answer each individual has to give might just a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’, but the complexity of the decision...
10 steps to better decision making
How do we get our heads around all that is going on around us, so we can create powerful ideas, solve problems and make decisions? Effective decision making involves three high performance leadership behaviours: ‘information search’, ‘idea creation’ and ‘flexible...
How my360plus coaches your network to coach you
I get a lot of questions about how to build online peer coaching networks and development cultures within organisations, so let me give you a specific example of the ongoing development integrated into the my360plus system. Meet ‘Dave’ – who uses my360plus as a key...
Influence and mastering the art of the Win-Win.
A classic case of win-win. This morning, as I booked a courier online, I noticed the option to select ‘drop at post office’. Clever – I don’t have to wait in tomorrow for the collection, the parcel is on its way a day earlier, and the courier has one less pick up in...
Is Mark Carney using the right measurement tools to track performance?
At a conference recently the speaker was Sir Howard Davies, who we hear about most often as the Chairman of the UK Airports Commission, looking at options for Heathrow, Gatwick and Boris Island. In the 1990s he was also a Deputy Governor of the Bank of England,...
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