Does your working day eat into your lunch break?
As with most things in the UK around working hours and conditions there is legislation that dictates the amount of hours worked in relation to the time allocated and legally allowed for a break. I would suggest that most companies are not only aware of this, but also follow the legislation, explaining to employees the […]
Are Your Leadership Abilities Transforming Fast Enough?
On Tuesday I had the honour of attending WinTrade (Women in Trade) in London that was hosted by MasterCard. The main theme was “How to embed diversity in the world of tech?”, and it was attended by entrepreneurial businesswomen from all over the world. One of the speakers asked the question: “What is our purpose […]
Inspirational Leadership – A Festive Thought
2018 has been a very turbulent year, especially when we look at what has been going on in the world – dare I mention the “B” word again and all the leaders involved in that process to execute the will of the British public, the turbulence in the USA that came with Trump leadership, the […]
Olympians and Leadership Lessons
Sports and leadership have so much in common, as do leadership and sports? Kirsti Yamaguchi could not have put the point across more succinctly. To be successful in any sports, whether on ice, on snow, in water, on a track or field, focus is required to keep your goal in mind, and in vision at […]
Swan-like leadership – a festive thought moving into 2018
At this time of year many of us try to be the archetypal model of a swan, gracefully gliding over the surface whilst paddling like fury under the water line trying to get everything done both in the work environment and at home! I can relate to this, especially with so many events that come […]
Employee development – a cost or an investment?
EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT – A COST OR AN INVESTMENT? I was recently staying in a hotel on the Salford Quays. For purposes of my blog I will only say that it is a well known international brand. Not a huge hotel, and therefore potentially able to give guests a more personal experience. There was nothing particularly […]
Anyone got a plan b?
The General Election results have for the second time in recent history demonstrated the importance of having a Plan B. What I am referring to is the Brexit vote – for most people there was little thought to the fact that Britain would vote “out” seen through comments such as “If I had known we […]
In pursuit of perfectionism
Perfect or perfection is often thrown about in the business world as a desired state. This might be voiced as an exclamation – “Oh perfect!”, as a statement, related to a particular desired outcome – “That is almost perfect?” Clearly from the last sentence we can see that something is missing, not aligned correctly, has […]
Learning from mistakes – the “oscar faux pas”
What will the impact of no risk taking be on individual’s and how we learn, on organisations and levels of competitiveness, and on whole countries and nations? Are we really advocating that we must stay within a known comfort zone? It’s one thing messing things up in private, where mistakes can be rectified and nobody […]
Emergence of female leadership
How interesting that the world is opening up to female leaders. It is irrelevant what you think about them, but the fact is we see more female leaders stepping forward to run countries in what can only be termed a very troubled and challenging period. Hilary Clinton in the USA – will she become the […]