The Cruel Charade of the Personal Development Industry & Why itโ€™s Bad for the Environment

Wouldnโ€™t it be great if hard work really did enable you to achieve your goals? In order for it to be a possible you would need to be motivated and have the resources. If that is the case, a good performance coach could help you achieve those goals. If Iโ€™m coaching a business owner, they … Continue reading The Cruel Charade of the Personal Development Industry & Why itโ€™s Bad for the Environment

The winners of this paradigm are not going to save the world.

They've no interest in doing so. they're okay. There's little point trying to persuade them either, but what is crucial, is to not be duped into thinking, that they're going to save the planet's biosphere OR create social justice. They just want to appease you long enough until they reach retirement age. If you're stuck … Continue reading The winners of this paradigm are not going to save the world.

Better Business Summit

When change agents don't speak out because they're scared the system will reject them, then there are no pioneers, rebels or mavericks... Just managers and enablers of the status-quo. Fortunatelyย ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿ’ปHannah Cox FRSA FRGSย kicked off theย The Better Business Networkย Summit which brought together courageous collaborators on a mission to transform the paradigm we're living in. It was … Continue reading Better Business Summit

Adventure Based Learning Experiences (ABLE)

ABLE is effective in helping organisations solve their most pressing people development challenges. ABLE enables a myriad of opportunities to effectively learn leadership, and team performance skills, which are impactful and memorable. As they're uniquely designed to fit an organisations needs, they not only provide a shared learning experience, they will highlight and change behaviours … Continue reading Adventure Based Learning Experiences (ABLE)

Adam Smith, the grandfather of capitalism said:

โ€œConcern for our own happiness (self interest) recommends to us the virtue of prudence (self-command), concern for that of other people, the virtues of justice and beneficence โ€“- of which the one restrains us from hurting, the other prompts โ€ฆ (us) to promote that happiness.โ€ He didn't intend for some people to become extremely wealthy … Continue reading Adam Smith, the grandfather of capitalism said:

Too Many TAPs, Not Enough STOPโ€™s, We Need More LEGO

When I wrote my Book: โ€˜From Mercenaries to Missionariesโ€™ I wanted to give entrepreneurs, executives and managers tools around leadership and teamwork that are sublimely simple and easy to implement. Too much of the leadership lexicon has fallen into the realms of academia. Nothing wrong with academic study, but academia is often the activity of … Continue reading Too Many TAPs, Not Enough STOPโ€™s, We Need More LEGO

Using friendly competition to boost performance in your business…

Competition is seen as a natural part of life and work. There is always a creation stage when an idea must compete for its place in the world. You have to compete for a new job. The entrepreneurial stage in business is when the start-up must prove itโ€™s worth and activity is primarily about winning … Continue reading Using friendly competition to boost performance in your business…

The 4 Responses to Big Shifts

About every decade or so there are shifts. Big impacts land which affect personal and business domains. For some people its good news and for others not so. I personally think this is part of a universal life cycle which encourages evolution. I also think that big changes are happening more often due to advances … Continue reading The 4 Responses to Big Shifts

OPERATION BUTTERFLY (TOP SECRET)

When I was teaching leadership to intelligence agents in a far off land, they explained to me that although they loved the concepts they feared they would encounter resistance in the bureaucratic systems they work in. We've all got to become leaders. I wrote a book 'Mercenaries to Missionaries' (see link in comments) which is … Continue reading OPERATION BUTTERFLY (TOP SECRET)

The Trouble With Values

Values can be quite confusing, and more to the point they're pretty useless unless you know how to action them in your decision making process.