How to become the next influencer
In today’s environment that is saturated with ideas, brands, and promises, how do you make sure that you have the capabilities and capacity to influence others? Such key factors as innovation, collaboration, use of data, and creativity play crucial roles in enhancing organisation’s and individuals’ opportunities to grow their ideas and markets at a larger […]
Should you give up digital platforms to become successful?
Usually when I pick a book from the shelf at the bookstore, I feel excited. It’s that excitement where you know that someone has spent years of devoted time to amass the wisdom and insights on a topic that I am about to benefit from. With Cal Newports Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in […]
3 key factors that can help you to become a successful original
In a world that in theory praises failure all across management and leadership wisdom (“failure leads to growthâ€), in reality many people’s number one worry is that they would fail publicly in something that they have invested heavily in. This means that most of us curb the innovation and original ideas that reside within us […]
How to speak up in a way that matters
How many times have you left an idea to just lay there because you did not have the courage or energy to take it forward and speak up? In Adam Grant’s Originals there are lots of insights into why some people and ideas flourish. Amongst the key messages are two fundamental issues: choosing the right audience […]
How to lead and conference through vulnerability
The European Climate Change Adaptation Conference 2019 in Lisbon this week brought together 1200 individuals who are all working on different aspects of climate adaptation in Europe and internationally. Attending the conference and listening to the conversations taking place made me reflect again how we organise gatherings and how we design spaces, moments and times […]
How to invest in people in an era of changing leadership platforms
Leadership and talent development are a growing and increasingly urgent reality for many companies. Increasingly companies are looking at their workforce through the eyes of talent acquisition and concern: who is doing well, who can do better and which processes deliver the most effective growth in the skill sets companies look to advance. Yet, the […]
How to immediately boost organisational performance
Countless books, podcasts and articles tackle this fundamental question: how do you boost an organisation’s performance and do it quickly and effectively. Google gives 7,430,000 results for “how to boost organisational performance”. We often look for different metrics across organisations, and make decisions how to run things more effectively in the hope of increasing performance. […]
How to guard your time (and be smart about it)
Do you ever get contacted by people outside your organisation asking you to donate your time and expertise for free but you end up feeling like they are doing you a favour? I do a lot of media engagement and communication in my current role because I am passionate about what I do, and I […]
Leadership and alter egos: making peer review more humane?
I have been attending this week sessions Manager as a Coach, a support program provided by the university for the staff in trying to get us to think more coach-like in how we manage people. My key takeaway messages are that power is something that is shared, that good leaders and managers focus on giving […]
How to know when you have ‘arrived’
This week I’ve been inspired by several different ideas. Listening to the latest episode of Learning Leader (#299 with Kyle Maynard) one of the things struck me is the question when we have arrived. ‘Arrived’ in this context means about reaching a point or end goal, and recognising that moment as significant. I have also […]