The political games of business Whether you are a solopreneur or a large corporation political games will appear no matter what you do, the mere fact of interacting with other people inside or outside of your organisation is the starting point of political seed capital. I naievely thought leaving the world of management consulting firms…
Spaghetti and Focus: What on earth do they have to do with each other? A lot of entrepreneurs in the professional service world are looking for their unique mission and purpose for their business and we deal with them when they face cross roads or changes of directions. In this economy it even is a…
Recession brings new management styles, what’s yours? The recession or downturn is showing up a few new and interesting management styles. As I travel to various companies for my business coaching and training work, I observe middle and senior managers as well as business owners with varying degrees of each of the following management styles….
The triple A of emergency management With the recent floodings in Ireland and the UK, I have been pondering on the topic of crisis management quite a bit, because my heart goes out to all the people whose home and business has been destroyed by flooding. Having walked barefooted through kneedeep water really being the…
Thought Leadership Thinking doesn’t cost us any money, just time and space to allow ourselves to explore those passing thoughts and feelings. In business we are often so caught up in the running of our work and staying busy, that time to think is considered more of a luxury rather than a necessity. At a…