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The only thing missing from any situation…
...is what you're not giving. That's a line from a book called "A Course in Miracles," highlighted by Marianne Williamson. Useful secular advice it is too... When things get difficult, it's tempting...
How to get stuck
Be careful you don’t get in this situation... You’ve said you have a capability in such and such. It turns out you actually aren’t very good at it. You could get help. But you can’t accept help...
If faced with an obstacle…
You have to hit it hard enough to knock it over. Unless you can go round it that is, or dismantle it somehow. Assuming you can’t, there’s no point in wasting energy and getting a sore head by...
You and your unconscious
You and your unconscious. How have you been getting along lately? I’m serious. You’re like two people: One being your conscious mind, and the other that person in the background who actually runs...
It’s you
It's you. It's you that needs to take action, that is. Or it might be. You see... You might be the one best-placed, even if you feel inadequately prepared. Sometimes you don't notice you're closest....
Brand—a relationship thing?
We tend to think of brands in isolation, as if they exist in their own right, in an absolute sense. We think of a logo perhaps, or a style of packaging, or a particular tagline or strapline....
How open is your thinking?
We see it time and again... Some intriguing new information is rejected by the established order. This story is told in all sorts of contexts. I’m sure you can think of many... Something happens...
The trap of structure
If you already have the structure of something—a task, a project, an issue... ...it might not be the thing you most need to do. Maybe you should hand it off, or be done with it altogether. We like...
What do you get when you blend leading and following?
You can only either lead or follow at any given time. So says conventional wisdom. You have to choose: Follow for a while to build connection; then perhaps lead to achieve an outcome. The issue then...
A broad focus—oxymoron or enabling step?
It’s good to focus—in fact, essential if we want to be effective and get something done. Agreed. But sometimes we need to focus on the whole, not just a part. And that’s often our problem. We narrow...
Do you want the good stuff?
Of course you do, is your likely first reaction. But do you? Do we? Do we want the transformational insight? Do we want the bigger ideas? Do we want the deeper learning? Do we want the good stuff?...
Do you give yourself the leadership you need?
It’s commonly said that a leader is best to give their team the leadership they need, rather than the leadership they want. In other words... The leader needs to be somewhat demanding at times....
The person in front of you
We come up with all sorts of elaborate ways to engage with our world, but really whatever you are working on, however big or small, it almost always comes down to this... ...relating effectively to...
Action plus brand equals result
Maybe there's something we're missing... It's healthy to believe we can replicate others' success in leading change, or in achieving business results. We can, and the approach is a good one. But...
If your world is a mirror, what would you change?
It's a big step to believe that what we experience "out there" is a reflection of what we have "in here." Such a big step, that the implications continue to dawn on us throughout our lives even...