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This is part four of the eBook, Building a High Performing Team on Purpose. I’m going to one day invent a magic dye, as well as high tech glasses, that show you how the energy can be sapped from people in your business so easily by people in management
This is Chapter 3 in the eBook Building A High Performing Team on Purpose. When I say the term “organisational design”, do you instantly think of boxes with names in them and lines connecting people to their manager? Might you then picture what the resumes need to look like to
This is Chapter 2 in the 8 part self-guided series, Building A High Performing Team On Purpose. There is a scene in Seinfeld where Jerry and George talk about how people like to say “salsa”. In business, “strategic” and “strategy” are in the same bucket. A lot of businesses believe
This is Chapter 1 in the 8 part self-guided series, Building A High Performing Team On Purpose. As we emerge squinty-eyed from the cocoons that were our WFH stations, the question on a lot of minds now is when can we go back to normal? For many business owners, the
What last week’s announcement means for business owners and their employees. The three bears With the prospect of teams returning to the office after working from home for the last two months, there’s a lot of people who think pre-Coronavirus habits and routines will just fall back into place like
An 8-part self-guided series for small to medium business owners and their leadership teams. If you believe that your people need to be a source of competitive advantage then this read is for you. There is often a debate about the greatest of all time in various sports. I’ve been
Reflecting on the last couple of months, many of our thinking styles, choices and actions are likely to be the result of intuitive, flash decisions made quickly. It triggered a comparison to the book by Daniel Kahneman, Thinking Fast and Slow. The book talks about the conflict between your intuitive,
First off…what’s wrong with KPIs? When you mention the term “KPIs” (Key Performance Indicators) in most companies, you get a mix of reactions. Managers feel a sense of energy because the certainty that having hard measures in place helps them to reduce the debate about performance. Staff feel a sense
I have a friend who runs meditation classes and interestingly, he pointed out one human behaviour that gets in the way of mindfulness… …is our ability to observe what is actually happening rather than judging what we think may or may not happen. He used an example of the guy
The team was looking to build further capability in design and communication Sting Sports is a globally recognised boxing and apparel brand. Sting was the official glove of the Rio Olympics and remains as such for Boxing USA. The product is highly respected amongst athletes and boxing enthusiasts around the
