How Successful Leaders Enable Better Performance

Values Driven Leadership Sustainable business change comes when business leaders align their values and behaviours to build high performing teams. As a business owner you are often wrestling with the all too familiar pressures to grow the business, whilst maintaining cash flow in a competitive marketplace. But, failing to focus on values will mean you […]

How To Work On Your Business

As a business owner you face a constant challenge: do I work on business development or work in the business to deliver today. For small business owners, this can be particularly challenging. However, it can all too often be the issue for leaders in larger organisations too. As someone who worked in the complex world of large […]

How Many Monkeys Are You Carrying?

I was engaged in a leadership coaching session and suddenly became aware of how sad the person looked as he talked about his life at work.  His frame was hunched over, his eyes had lost their sparkle, and his speech was slower than usual. Monkeys On Your Back My image was of a chap carrying a full […]

How can we show we hit the monthly targets!

The Blame Frame I was commuting on a train recently and found myself listening to the conversations going on around me in the carriage. My fellow commuters were all business people, all absorbed in their latest panic. Papers spread across their laps, or on tables; laptops open with phones pinned to their ears. Nothing new […]