Diogenes, the famous ancient Greek philosopher, engaged in a notable quest known as the "search for an honest man." Through this pursuit, he aimed to unveil the hypocrisy and superficiality inherent in societal norms and conventions. Diogenes employed a rather unconventional method of shedding light on people's true nature and their adherence to deceptive practices … Continue reading The Search For Honest Men
First down to London to deliver a "Resilience Mindset During Challenging and Changing Times' workshop to an international audience... Then a strategy & planning session followed by a stomp in the hills around the Hope Valley. Which would you prefer, indoors, outdoors OR Both!? All possible across a range of contexts and subjects. Freshwalks #strategy … Continue reading An Interesting Week!
Wouldn’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 I’m coaching a business owner, they … Continue reading The Cruel Charade of the Personal Development Industry & Why it’s Bad for the Environment
Environment predicts behaviour and the challenge with trying to transform the world is that we're still operating in a culture of 'Dominance Hierarchy'. As Anand Giridharadas notes in his book: 'Winners Take All' the elites begin to lead social change only to let their own bias for power and control, restrict any useful transformation. The … Continue reading Developing Social Systems to Prevent The Four Horses of the Apocalypse
Ray Dalio the famous investor said it's a good idea to look back into history to understand and predict the future. It's an insightful talk (I'll leave a link in the comments) in which Ray outlines the various changes to world orders that happen around every 250 years (not 500 as I say in the … Continue reading What Hunter Gatherers – ‘The First Affluent – Society’ Can Teach Us About Surviving a Changing World Order!
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 it’s worth and activity is primarily about winning … Continue reading Using friendly competition to boost performance in your business…
Whilst being interviewed I was asked what traits make a good leader. It reminded of an exercise I do on the Mercenary to Missionary Leadership retreats.
See below the video for a PDF download with some notes to help you understand this material. Download the notes then listen to the video as this would probably be the best way to understand the content. New to all this self videoing so b with me while I learn the skills! 🙂 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS31cxmuYCA&feature=youtu.be … Continue reading Making Decisions Effectively & Why Politics is Pointless
https://vimeo.com/407636251 In the third in our series of weekly webinars, we spoke to special guest Martin Murphy, ex-special forces soldier and founder of Elite Leadership, on how to lead your team through a crisis. Some of the top takeaways included: 1. Good leaders look after the people first 2. Don’t stare at the fire, look … Continue reading Leading in Challenging Times
An online talk in response to the Corona virus about leading ourselves through challenging times with downloadable resources here: PDF Leading Yourself Through Challenging Times PDF 3 Leadership Principles PDF Making Decisions Effectively
