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Satisfaction or ‘Statisfaction’?

One of my esteemed colleagues recently sent a draft document to me that had a typo – satisfaction had been spelt with an extra ‘t’, making up a new word ‘statisfaction’. That got me th… Read more

Don’t Neglect the Political Dimension of Applying Analytics or Insight

To complement recent advice from our guest bloggers, let’s consider the political dimension of applying analytics in business. Annette & Peter have shared useful tips on ap… Read more

Turning Business Intention Into Reality

At our recent breakfast event in Edinburgh, one of the topics covered was the challenges associated with turning business intent into reality. During the event, it was highlight… Read more

Tips from Experience: Protecting Your Less-Appreciated Technical Stars

Having given plenty of airtime to the benefit of books & podcasts, I’d like to turn to tips from experience. These are lessons learnt by leaders from practical on-the-job expe… Read more

5 Ways to Maximise Your Investment in Developing a Capability Framework

Does your business have a capability framework in place for your people that clearly lays out the knowledge, skills and expertise needed to work effectively in each role? If the an… Read more

The Future of AI and Your Working Life – Start Planning

The future of AI and threat to our jobs is a popular topic for news recently. But here is a positively helpful book to help you respond. Unlike so much that is written on this topic, , T… Read more

Leadership – Maintaining Integrity

A key element of how we see leaders and how we select leadership candidates is their integrity. But what does this mean? Integrity can be defined in two ways: as being honest and havi… Read more

How to Successfully Coach an Individual

Coaching is a simple concept but infinitely varied in how it can be applied. It combines simple exercises with profound insights into how an individual sees themselves in the worl… Read more

Leadership – The Three Cs

The British Army has been providing courses on leadership development at Sandhurst since 1812 when it was recognised that leading men into battle required more than just an arist… Read more

Leadership – Developing Self-Awareness

Leadership can be simply defined as “motivating a group of people to act towards achieving a common goal.” What this means in practice and what it takes to be a “good” leader has been… Read more