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Richard Spilg
Jan 11, 20233 min read
A Powerful Coaching Question
I was excited to see the headline “Why Should Anyone be Led by You?” in a recent Harvard Business Review [1], thinking it would provide...
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Richard Spilg
Jul 31, 20223 min read
Culture of Character vs Cult of Personality
Over the past few months, we’ve witnessed the spectacle of people in positions of great power trying to hang on to their office without...
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Richard Spilg
Apr 1, 20223 min read
Supporting the move to Agile
My first introduction to agile was some 30 years’ ago – except of course we didn’t call it ‘agile’ back then. The financial services...
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Richard Spilg
Nov 10, 20213 min read
The Great Retention Challenge
I recently attended a webinar ‘Addressing the Great Resignation’ which focused on the global trend that suggests that 40% of people are...
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Richard Spilg
Sep 8, 20213 min read
Managing Time and Energy
Recent financial press headlines included ‘Delta impact on back to office appetite’ and ‘Zoom boost skin business fortunes – seeing...
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Richard Spilg
May 22, 20213 min read
Psychological safety in the workplace revisited
In previous articles I’ve written about trust being one of the most essential, if not the most important, characteristics of...
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Richard Spilg
Feb 19, 20214 min read
Teams with purpose – a recipe for success
I’ve been thinking about the importance of team dynamics and the need for a well-defined sense of purpose when tackling complex projects....
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Richard Spilg
Jan 2, 20213 min read
Converting "could have"; "might have"; and "should have" into reality
When I start working with new clients, our first session provides an opportunity for them to reflect – what they were once passionate...
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Richard Spilg
May 14, 20204 min read
Leadership and Teams post Lockdown
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...
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Richard Spilg
Apr 20, 20204 min read
Introverts in the age of remote working
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...
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Richard Spilg
Mar 29, 20203 min read
Time to catch up on reading
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...
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Richard Spilg
Mar 15, 20203 min read
A time for leaders to shine
It feels like the ancient proverb/curse ‘may you live in interesting times’ has collided with Forrest Gump’s observation that ‘s--t...
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Richard Spilg
Jan 12, 20204 min read
Executive leadership coaching themes for 2020
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...
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Richard Spilg
Feb 27, 20193 min read
Leadership Coaching - Cost or Investment?
In times when budgets come under close scrutiny, return on investment (RoI) should be an important consideration. As a coach, I naturally...
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Richard Spilg
Apr 18, 20184 min read
Walking the talk when dealing with senior level redundancies
When asked, most Chief Executives won’t hesitate to tell you that their employees are their organisation’s most important asset. And it’s...
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Richard Spilg
Jan 20, 20184 min read
Finding time to slow down in today’s “age of acceleration” (1)
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...
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Richard Spilg
Oct 17, 20174 min read
Finding your flow
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...
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Richard Spilg
Dec 11, 20165 min read
Helping multi-generational teams succeed
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...
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Richard Spilg
Jun 14, 20162 min read
Planning for the critical first 90 days
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...
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Richard Spilg
May 16, 20162 min read
The coaching conundrum
In the gym recently, trying to maintain dignity while struggling to regain my breath, I noticed something about the way the (relatively)...
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