We all know that person who got promoted to a senior role and felt the need to show off their new status by making their presence known – Which is the total opposite of great leadership. Peter Drucker shares “We spend a lot of time telling other people what to do, we don’t spend enough time teaching leaders what to stop”. How True. When was the last time a seminar was held by your organisation titled “stupid things our top leaders need to stop doing now”. It is probably not t

As the days and weeks within lockdown slowly accrue, what has been noticeable has been the change of tone and perspective of “how much longer this will go on”. Initially it was being taken in people’s strides - apparent from the long list of great things that have come from lockdown such as doing more exercise, spending more time with kids – one friend even commented on how they are saving 4 hours(!) each day from not having to commute. With the uncertainty around the timing

I know a host of managers that will roll their eyes at this or find it “too fluffy” or “woo woo” for them to comprehend. Which goes on to illustrate their limit in mindset – as what they just expressed was an ‘Emotion’. Far too many managers and leaders are put into senior roles for their high IQ (General Intelligence), where in fact it is their EQ [Emotional Quotient) that plays a larger part in success. In simple terms emotional intelligence is the awareness, understanding