I recently discussed Attitudes and Behaviours with the brilliant Mark Terrell for his podcast – the reluctant leader podcast – which I can highly recommend tuning in to! During our conversation we spoke specifically about a challenge leaders and managers often face – handling an employee’s behaviour and attitude at work. For some leaders, adopting … Continued
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I want to say a huge thank you again to everyone who joined us at ‘Uspire presents Liberating Leadership in Action’. It was a truly brilliant, uplifting day and it was great to see both familiar and new faces. This is the third showcase event we have done at the wonderful Dominion Theatre venue in … Continued
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I was listening to Jeremy Vine’s show on Radio 2 a few of days ago, on the way to the station. They were talking about how terrible offices had become – ‘so many people bring in cakes nowadays, offices are turning into glorified patisseries, contributing to the country’s obesity problem and causing us all to … Continued
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I had some feedback a while ago that captured the essence of Liberating Leadership. It was from a highly respected military leader in the RAF, describing Liberating Leadership in action! The statement that resonated most, and which is the fundamental basis of our training is ‘Character is everything. Authentic, genuine, deep character. And, without it, … Continued
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Developing the right leadership mindset | blog 3 of 10 The second part of my 8 Point Plan is The Crux. And no, we’re not talking Harry Potter here. The ‘crux’ of anything is the nub, the root, the central piece on which everything is built, and without which everything will collapse. Hopefully this … Continued
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Through the eyes of a horse … or just horsing around. This is a follow-up post to Leadership – The Mirror. We are at Point 1 of the powerful 8-point plan for creating business leaders. Are you ready to go further and understand other ways of ‘holding up the mirror’? Are you prepared to see … Continued
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Leadership starts with you | blog 2 of 10 Every advance, every conceptual achievement of mankind has been connected with an advance in self-awareness.” Dr Carl G Jung Great leaders are generally very self aware, but this is not the case for everyone. Few really appreciate the impact they have on other people, which … Continued
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How to create a lasting legacy | blog 1 of 10 Over the course of 10 blogs, I’m going to share key concepts from my book, ‘Insights into Liberating Leadership’. It’s my wish that these blog posts will help you to hone your leadership skills and reignite your passion for your people. I want … Continued
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Reward and recognition. What gets noticed gets done! A crucial aspect of leadership is consistency especially in reward and recognition. An example of this is well-explained in the following extract from ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’. Captain Bligh was in fact a brilliant leader but only in certain contexts and situations. His major flaw was his … Continued
Read moreHead of Woodberry Down, Greg Wallace, was inspired by the power and potential usefulness of the Insights Discovery® model, having experienced it during the national pilot multi-agency team development programme commissioned by the National College of School Leadership.
Read moreThe Meningitis Trust is the only charity in the UK focussed on supporting people affected by meningitis. Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2011, the Trust supports over 20,000 people a year through its professional services and community based support – helping people to rebuild their lives after meningitis strikes. The Trust has a team of … Continued
Read moreLansdell & Rose is a small accountancy & tax practice based in Kensington. Our team is just 9 in total, but growing. What was the need? To provide something of interest to the team and to enable an activity where by everyone can participate and learn something about each other and if possible to put … Continued
Read moreLancashire NHS Trust specialises in mental health. It employs over 7,000 people in hospitals and district teams. As well as hospitals and mental health provision, The Trust manages community care, district nursing, dental health and health visitors. We have been accredited to deliver the Leading and Developing High Performance programme and are in the middle … Continued
Read moreWestminster Associates was established in 2002 and since then, has earned a reputation for providing consultancy solutions that simply put, improve a client’s condition and inspire and enable those involved to continue to do so after we have disengaged. Our aim is to become a collaborator and partner to our clients, adding value and expertise, … Continued
Read moreSt. Lucia Distillers Ltd is a rum Distillery located in the scenic Roseau Valley on the island of St. Lucia. The company manufactures a wide range of rums and rum based liqueurs, creams, punches and alcoholic beverages which have won top prizes in International competitions. In 2009 and 2010, St. Lucia Distillers was awarded the … Continued
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With personality there is no right or wrong, but with leadership there definitely is a right way! Understand this way, and how your personality colours your leadership style, then you begin to make a significant difference. It is one more reason why we start all our Ali Stewart & Co training with the Insights Discovery … Continued
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The Strengths and Challenges for the Earth Green Manager. To continue our series of blogs about personality, and how your personality colours your leadership style, we present to you the Earth Green manager. This comes from the Insights Discovery model which is where we start all our Ali Stewart & Co training. Today’s post … Continued
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What’s it like to be a Sunshine Yellow Manager? Following on from our post on the Fiery Red manager I am delighted to present a post from Nicky Cowling on the Sunshine Yellow manager. Nicky has lots of sunshine yellow energy and has teamed up with another Insights practitioner, Judith Yates, to form a company … Continued
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