My first introduction to agile was some 30 years’ ago – except of course we didn’t call it ‘agile’ back then. The financial services...

I recently attended a webinar ‘Addressing the Great Resignation’ which focused on the global trend that suggests that 40% of people are...

Recent financial press headlines included ‘Delta impact on back to office appetite’ and ‘Zoom boost skin business fortunes – seeing...

In previous articles I’ve written about trust being one of the most essential, if not the most important, characteristics of...

I’ve been thinking about the importance of team dynamics and the need for a well-defined sense of purpose when tackling complex projects....

When I start working with new clients, our first session provides an opportunity for them to reflect – what they were once passionate...

If there was any doubt that the move to remote working has accelerated courtesy of Covid-19, L'Oréal has dispelled it with its recently...

One thing’s for sure – office life as we knew it will never be the same again. According to a new MIT report [1], 34% of Americans who...

One of the benefits of the Covid-19 lockdown is that we should have more time to catch up on some of those things that we’re too busy to...

It feels like the ancient proverb/curse ‘may you live in interesting times’ has collided with Forrest Gump’s observation that ‘s--t...

My unspoken New Year’s resolution was to use the holiday break to either get through the pile of reading I’ve been putting aside all...

In times when budgets come under close scrutiny, return on investment (RoI) should be an important consideration. As a coach, I naturally...

When asked, most Chief Executives won’t hesitate to tell you that their employees are their organisation’s most important asset. And it’s...

One of my late 2017 resolutions was to finally follow my physiotherapist’s advice to take a break from jogging. So, I’ve taken to walking...

Recently out for a jog, cursing the fact that my holiday was being rained on, my mood wasn’t improved by surfers rushing past me every...

One of the most interesting dynamics in business today is that, for the first time, we have up to four generations together in the same...

The search to fill a leadership position rightly consumes a lot of time, effort and money. An executive search firm will take a good 2-3...

In the gym recently, trying to maintain dignity while struggling to regain my breath, I noticed something about the way the (relatively)...