Articles in Leadership
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This is a Guest Post from Ben Lumley at Thebenlumley.com Ben is a super geek and motivational speaker, fighting evil forces and keeping you on the straight and narrow with your goals. …
One of the most common signs that something is wrong with your organisation is when people start taking unplanned sickness and absence. To an outsider visiting the organisation, they can tell things are toxic long …
Today, it gives me great pleasure to welcome back Jill Chivers from I’m Listening Now for this excellent guest post about listening. You can read Jill’s bio at the bottom of this post. If you …
On April 20th 2010, an explosion on an oil rig in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico gave rise to the biggest ecological disaster in history. The company operating the oil rig, BP, has …
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As I’m sure you’re getting to know now, from time to time on a Friday, we feature guest posts from really cool people who are changing the world, one step …
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Creating Inspiration
My dad must be a patient man. When I was a small boy on a long drive, I always used to ask “are we there yet?” – The …
Right so we all love the iPhone and we love getting things done. The trouble with all the available apps in the App Store is that you download them and before you know where you …
Tim Ferriss, author of the The Four Hour Work Week , writing on his blog of the same name, wrote a short post on the benefits of p***ing people off.
He quotes a Fortune Magazine …
The Big Red Tomato Company was recently given the opportunity to interview two of the authors of the new book the The Power of Strategic Commitment: Achieving Extraordinary Results Through Total Alignment and Engagement By …
We are fortunate to be living through some fascinating and challenging times. Our world views on what we expect from our leaders are being challenged and changed. Hot on the heels of the starkly exposed …
A recent article on Nationalpost by Ray Williams titled the Leaders Edge in Tough Times refered to ‘rapid turbulent changes’ creating the “perfect storm” for leaders in the 21st Century.
He cites that leaders must have …
Getting the right people, is more important than having the right vision.
Does this sound familiar?
“Most companies build their bureaucratic rules to manage the small percentage of wrong people on the bus, which in turn drives …






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