Optimistic Grit
We are entering the last quarter of the year – typically the most intense one. We continue to present 12 strong ideas on the 12th day of each month. Let’s see if our perspective can help us all make it to Christmas in good shape… To paraphrase Gordon Gekko in...
Heroes share need for resilience action
This month we divert our gaze from the Olympic flame (briefly) to focus on the all-important subject of survival – business and personal… Economists will tell you that the number of bankruptcies is a lagging indicator of recovery: businesses run out of cash just as...
ROI: Choosing the best Executive Coach for you
Back to basics: How to choose the best Executive Coach for you? Executive Coaching is a significant cash investment for organisations and time investment for individuals. Its scope has grown tremendously over the past 10 years because when it works, it works really...
Executives are marathon runners, not sprinters
In the next 10 days two of the World Marathon Majors will take place in Boston and London. Over the past 100 years the record times have tumbled with the Men’s time now standing at 2 hours and 3 minutes over 42km (26 miles). That’s 6 metres per second, every second....Peak retirement of baby boomers
Pack Wembley Stadium with pensioners. Now multiply by 10. This is roughly the number of Baby Boomers who will reach retirement age in 2012. Over the past three years the number of people reaching 65 has been increasing dramatically from about half-a million a year to...Peak retirement of baby boomers
Pack Wembley Stadium with pensioners. Now multiply by 10. This is roughly the number of Baby Boomers who will reach retirement age in 2012. Over the past three years the number of people reaching 65 has been increasing dramatically from about half-a million a year to...When Networking is about life and death…
This week I went to see the excellent play A British Subject at the Arts Theatre in London. It’s a classic tale of miscarriage of justice and forgetting inconvenient truths in the name of realpolitik . It is based on the true story of Mirza Tahir Hussain, a Leeds...When Networking is about life and death…
This week I went to see the excellent play A British Subject at the Arts Theatre in London. It’s a classic tale of miscarriage of justice and forgetting inconvenient truths in the name of realpolitik . It is based on the true story of Mirza Tahir Hussain, a Leeds...Women in the media
It’s Wednesday evening. On television tonight is the popular television phenomenon The Apprentice. Instead of watching The Apprentice tonight I sit here to write a blog for you on my own perceptions of the series, in particular, recent episodes. My partner is a big...Who will carry your coffin? – The story of Jorge Da Costa
Actually there are two contrasting stories: it starts with one of my clients delivering his philosophy on work-life balance – “I know it is not my work colleagues who will carry my coffin, so it is important I devote fair time to the special people in my life”. I have...