High performing team – working smarter for increased productivity
A few months ago I wrote about a ‘Working Smarter’ campaign with one of my clients, a high performing team within a large financial service
Looking for team success? It may not be in the obvious place
Often the key to a team’s success can be found in the unlikeliest of places – here is the story of a recent project we
Top five tips on the art of getting your point across
A common challenge for executives in the modern business world is getting your point across quickly and powerfully to an audience. It could be for
Can an actuary and a salesperson ever communicate well?
Have you heard the old joke about how actuaries and salespeople behave when working on a project together? It goes something like this……… An actuary,
Move perception to reality if you want to increase productivity
The CIPD recently published its regular Employee Outlook report, which provides insight on UK employee issues. There were lots of results worthy of note including
Essential Leadership Lesson from the Nuns
How to be a leader or more specifically how to be a great leader comes easier to some than others. However easy or difficult it
How to develop leadership skills using extreme listening
In today’s corporate environment, there is much talk of engagement, improving communication and empowerment of the front line, with numerous suggestions on how we tackle
Effective leadership – the vision statement
One of the key components of effective leadership in business, is building and communicating your vision statement, your vision of the future if you like.
Leadership Styles – How adopting a ‘clean’ approach can help your effectiveness as a Leader
When I left my corporate job a few months ago to delve full time in to the world of leadership coaching and mentoring, one of



