What is Role and Job Creep? Are Role Creep and Job Creep the same thing? They are similar concepts, but they have slightly different connotations. Role creep refers to the gradual expansion or change of an employee’s job responsibilities or duties beyond what was initially intended or agreed upon. It usually refers to […]
How does Age affect Leadership?
How does age affect Leadership? Age can affect Leadership in a variety of ways, both positive and negative and this short article covers some & not all of the ups and downs that age provides
“The Windmill of Your Mind” Leadership
The phrase ‘The Windmills of Your Mind’ has been haunting me for several years (as has Shiva) and yesterday clearing paperwork from a recent office move I placed a notebook called bright ideas on a table beside me – within a second of putting it down a fabulous red admiral butterfly landed on the cover […]
Vision from a story
Stone Mason Parable & Vision On a foggy autumn day nearly 800 years ago a traveller happened upon a large group of workers adjacent to the river Avon. Despite being tardy for an important rendezvous curiosity convinced the traveller that he should inquire about their work. With a slight detour he moved toward the first […]
Respect – what does it mean truly?
Respect is a way of being towards something or someone. You can show respect to objects, times and people, teams, businesses, or products and of course not forgetting perhaps the most important yourself Let’s 1st look at the definition of the word and where it originates from Definition of respect: to feel or show admiration […]
How to Create Luck
‘Lucky Is as Lucky Does’ what a great saying and what does it mean? What is Luck? Is luck a big factor in the outcomes you achieve? What is luck? Luck can be seen as the events or circumstances that operate for or against you. I hear people muttering about bad luck and I hear people […]
Contracts are vital
Contracts – Training, Coaching, Speaking, Mentoring Every course, training, event, speaking, coaching, mentoring agreement needs to have some form of contract. Some kinds of training event or duration of training may require a fuller contract than others. There will be at least 2 parties in the contract and the more explicit the contract […]
5 Cs of Leadership!
Collaboration, Contribution, Consultation, Coercion, Collusion ‘Women who collaborate, change the world, create legacies and make history’ Julie Hogbin In fact, & of course anyone who collaborates can do exactly the same Collude implies to scheme, conspire, or connive. Coercion implies doing it with intimidation, threat and under pressure & consultation has both positive […]
‘Be Right or Be Happy’ – we can be both or neither
‘Be Right or Be Happy’ is a phrase I hear linked to Communication, and it was said to me a short while ago as a slight criticism and I initially accepted it as being right because sometimes I know I am right and being wrong is not an option and I without question accepted the […]