This is the first of a promised series of posts exploring 10 keys to getting high performing teams. This one looks at having the right people in the right jobs. A key part of this comes at the recruiting stage.
Join me for a Candid Conversation
Join me on 27th August at 9am for a Candid Conversation webinar with Ian Berry on Google Hangouts. We’ll be talking about the relationship between community, good relationships and high performance. You can find more details here. While you are
Gandhi and leadership
Back in February I travelled to India to participate in an international conference, Dialogue on Democracy, in Panchgani, Maharashtra. I was last there 27 years ago so it was interesting to reconnect with familiar places and faces and also to
From Best Practice to Best People
The Harvard Business Review blog has an interesting article Which Best Practice is Killing Your Business? which starts with the example of how the “quality” newspapers in Britain hung onto the impractical “broadsheet” format for years without realizing that it was
Expect more from 2013 – complimentary ebook
From my friend and colleague, Ian Berry, a free ebook to help you expect more from 2013. Follow the link. http://blog.ianberry.au.com/2012/12/expect-more-from-2013-complimentary.html Ian is creator of the Enhancing Their Gifts System™. A wise and experienced business leader, he is always good value.
A tale of two airlines – lessons for corporate ethics
We all make mistakes – even the best of us. What sets us apart is how we respond to those mistakes. For companies and organisations, these are the situations when corporate ethics are put to the reality test. A few
Courage – the first quality of a trustbuilder
Teams pull together when there is trust. So a team leader has to be, above all things, a trustbuilder. Of the many qualities needed to fulfil that role, the first quality of a trustbuilder is courage. That’s right, Courage. Other