In many of the leadership programmes I run I ask the group of participants to line up; one end of the line being “I am not comfortable with delegation” and the other end being “I can always improve, but I think I delegate well”. I ask participants to talk to a neighbour near them on the line about why they…
In what way is psychological safety important? As part of her PhD, Professor Amy Edmondson found that, counter intuitively, high performing teams made more mistakes, and have more errors than others. Let me say this one more time. High performing teams make more mistakes. How can this be a good thing, and add to safety and performance? In her TED…
Do you have too much to do at the moment? Currently I have 24 professionals completing reflective workbooks each week as part of their “Stepping Into Leadership” programme. It’s a new and explicit role as learner for them needing extra time in their diary, and needs to be planned in. Priorities are important. You may recall a previous blog of…
Whether it is the police, firefighters or whatever sector coming next, misogynistic, racist and homophobic workplaces are being exposed with more data, more evidence and more voices in the room than ever before. I’d like to say that we are getting traction on solutions, although progress seems to be breath-takingly slow. Awareness is surely the start of any change though,…
I started the New Year with a walking holiday in the snow, forests and mountain ridges in Transylvania. There are 6000 brown bears in the wild in this part of Romania; representing 60% of all brown bears in Europe! Not all bears are lucky enough to be in the wild though. We visited the Libearty bear sanctuary where there are…
In the last two years I have supported the in-depth development of over 100 professionals, working with a wide range of people in leadership programmes, one to one coaching and senior team away days. I have heard countless stories of confidence dips, particularly amongst women but men too. I am curious about what might be going on for you. It…
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