Category: Leadership
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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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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…
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The journey towards a ‘new normal’ starts right here
Leading Others It is evident that we are living in unprecedented times and normality in almost every facet of our lives has been disrupted to a greater or lesser degree. For the UK – where I write this, it feels like we are just at the start of a long and difficult ‘black run’ (in…
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It\’s the little things that matter
I am writing this blog sat on a ward in one of the Greater Manchester Hospitals with my wife Kirsty awaiting further exploratory tests on a suspected Gall Bladder problem (hers not mine). Having spent most of Saturday at A&E it has been an interesting few days – not least because we have been experiencing…
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Outside In – the Magic Mirror
One of the things that holds organisations, teams and individuals back is the inability to see ourselves as others see us, we get locked into a view of the world that is framed by our perceptions and assumptions, which by definition are self-limiting. A case in point was a recent training experience with Tiggy, the…
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Are your priorities clear?
In my morning meditation earlier today Andi Puddicombe (Headspace.com) shared an interesting provocation. “Imagine if you only had today – how would you spend it?” That focusses the mind on what your priorities are doesn’t it? Mahatma Gandhi said that “action expresses priorities” – what you do, what you pay attention to, is ultimately what…