Author: Richard Ferguson
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The Power of Positive Messaging
The Power of Positive Messaging How often do you think about the message you land through what you say, the way you say it and the context in which you say it? Or even more importantly the messages you land without saying anything – how you act and more importantly interact. I have just watched…
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Energise your team to make an impact
Energise your team to make an impact Richard Ferguson July 20, 2023 I talked in a previous blog about the significant challenge that leaders and leadership team face right now – tired and probably not performing to their full potential. Ground down from relentless pressure, managing ongoing uncertainty and low resilience levels, all exacerbated by the difficulties…
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Could your team do with a pep up?
Could your team do with a pep up? Richard Ferguson June 29, 2023 In the current challenging economic climate with the complexities of post pandemic, the pressure on leaders and leadership teams to deliver and truly lead and align organisations has never been greater. Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on your perspective, we are now working…
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What sort of hybrid workers are in your team?
What sort of hybrid workers are in your team? Richard Ferguson April 24, 2023 In nearly every client conversation I have been recently having the topic of hybrid working seems to come up. It is just over 3 years since the first lock down and the rapid shift, for so many organisations, to a virtual…
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This too will pass!
This too will pass! Richard Ferguson February 25, 2022 Whilst walking the dogs along the river this morning it was hard not to notice how high the water was after all the rain and storms of the last week or so. I took a picture and remembered the same picture I took last year when…
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Are you driving, steering or drifting?
Whilst on the beach last week at home in Devon I came across a load of these small jelly fish washed up on the tide, I later found out that they were called, ‘By The Wind Sailor’ jellyfish and they originate in warmer seas but can end up being blown onto the South West coast…
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Do you take one day at a time?
I have talked many times before about the strive for mindfulness or being present and focussed on the job in hand, the here and now, rather than allowing oneself to get carried away ruminating about what might be or what has been. We cannot control what happens but we can control how we choose to…
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The leadership challenge steps up a notch!
I have had several conversations with various leaders in different organisations and industries and all seem to have a similar story to tell – tiredness from the grind of the past few months and mixed feelings of excitement and trepidation at the reality of a new normal. I know that phrase may be slightly overused…
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Is great leadership defined by what we stop?
I was reflecting earlier today, on my trundle round the snowy countryside with the dogs, about the nature of leadership – both personal leadership (of self) and the leadership of others (teams, functions, organisations). It was sparked by a number of conversations I had recently with different people – all with a similar refrain, the…