Category: Personal Change
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5 Lessons for Life and Business
A year ago yesterday my Dad passed away from a huge and sudden stroke. It was a shock then and remains a stark and absolute reminder that even the strongest, invincible, seemingly unstoppable comes to an end. This is as true for people as it is for products, services and customers. It has been a…
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How to Unicycle your way to success in business and life!
[twitter name=\”name\”] [retweet] Picture the scene, it is a blustery day on the streets of Horwich (near Bolton for the uninitiated), the crowds are lining the streets in there……well……. 10’s and the 3rd National Unicycle Race is about to get under way! At the start are an eclectic crew with ages ranging from 14 to…
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Play to Strengths
I have just returned from a wonderful weekend at home in Devon – which included a walk on Dartmoor with a couple of pals from our 2013 Kilimanjaro expedition and an old mate. Four more different types you could not imagine, and the experience of planning and going on the walk got me thinking about…
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Wisdom for your 21 Year Old Self
I was lucky enough to be working with a hugely talented and inspirational group of young farmers last week as part of the Tesco Future Farmer Foundation. This is an amazing initiative by Tesco to give something back to the farming community, investing in the future of farming, and to an extent, the future of…
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Slide out and onto the slope
Very fortunately I have just returned from a week’s skiing in Switzerland, with my eldest daughter Alice, my nephew and my brother-in-law. I say fortunately for two reasons :-) 1. We all returned without injury and 2. We were very lucky to be able to have the time, health and finances to go. Now, I am no…
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The way we do things around here when no one is looking
Over the last few months I have been working with several clients helping them re-define their Operating Model at an organisational or functional level. Now this is not short term, quick fix stuff and requires a level of commitment and patience to ensure that the activity delivers against the strategic rationale or drivers. One of…
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The Days are Long but the Years are Short
I was indulging in a little social media surfing and came across this simple little video that really resonated with me, so I thought I would share it; this was put together by a lady called Gretchen Rubin, a best-selling author and exponent of mastering living more effectively http://www.gretchenrubin.com/. As usual it got me thinking…
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Plan to Perform
My daughter came in to the bedroom earlier this morning excitedly waving her notepad at me and declaring “I have planned out my morning”! As you can see from her to-do list – she had indeed planned her morning. She duly followed through with her plan and had a successful day! Now this fits smack…
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Two Ears versus One Mouth
“We have two ears and only one tongue in order that we may hear more and speak less.” ― Diogenes Laërtius My colleague and friend Malcolm Follos has been using this expression in meetings and workshop for years as a way of setting a precedent around ground rules; I have followed suit and can hear…
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Are you playing digital catch up?
Last week I attended an interesting IOD Northwest breakfast event all about Digital Strategy hosted and supported by some guys from O2. My thanks to Paul Lawton and Martyn Wallace (@mw_o2uk) for a great session. It was a really interesting event and sparked some great insights and discussions; not least of which was the fact…