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Recent articles
How to run strategic strength experiments
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe fastest way to get the power of your personal strengths working for you is to run strategic strengths experiments. Using The Strengths Deck, a tool I developed to help you get up close and
Watch now: Personal strengths masterclass
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAre you ready for a masterclass in personal strengths? Listen in on this conversation between me, Christopher Miller and Paul Fawcett as we talk about what personal strengths are, and why they matter so much
We’re Doing Leadership All Wrong – Let’s Fix That!
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe’re doing leadership all wrong and it drives me batty 🤬 We throw people in the deep end with no training or support, and then scratch our heads trying to figure out why they aren’t
How to create a brighter future for yourself
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt is within your power to create a brighter future for yourself. And that starts right now! Who are you being right now? Have you fallen into a pattern of how you show up at
What are your obstacles telling you?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYou’ve heard all of the cliches about how “obstacles are the way”. Or that they are “the frightening things we see when we take our eyes off the goal”. Nice platitudes, but not all that
My mantra when life gets hard
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe old saying “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade” gets trotted out all too often when someone is going through a hard time. I don’t think it’s particularly useful. It’s trite and can come
Series pages
Series: How to turn great ideas into great results
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWelcome to my series on “How to turn great ideas into great results”. On this page, you’ll find links to the articles I’ve written detailing
Series: How to have great ideas
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWelcome to my series on “How to have great ideas”. On this page, you’ll find links to the articles I’ve written detailing strategies for having
General posts
Navigating your life path
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAre you focusing on the doors that closed for you in the past or all the possible doors in front of you? This image is from an excellent New York
Why do we struggle to have great ideas?
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs leaders and managers, we’re often expected to have the great ideas, brilliant insights and action plans that will help our people and organisations turn over a new leaf. But
If you want to be good at something, first you’ve got to be bad
Reading Time: 5 minutesThere’s a simple truth in life that I have encountered too many times to count… If I want to be any good at anything, first of all, I have to
Great results: Strategy 7 – use your strengths
Reading Time: 7 minutesIf there is one strategy that comes close to being a silver bullet for almost anything you want to achieve, it’s to use your strengths. It’s so important that I
How to turn great ideas into great results: why we struggle to get started
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs leaders and managers, we often have a secret dream of finding the one great idea that will turbo-charge our teams and deliver extraordinary results. But we just don’t know
Recognition – how to turbo-charge success
Reading Time: 6 minutesThere are many factors that go into creating success, from talent to resources to committed action. One-off successes can be achieved relatively effortlessly – but ongoing, sustained success takes thoughtful
