You are probably a very busy person. However, you understand that to achieve your highest performance you need to ensure that all aspects of your work are aligned. You understand that you … Read more...
Advising
Why would you want to hire a consultant? Remember the old management story of the ‘boiled frog’ syndrome? The story goes that if you slowly warm up a saucepan of water with a live frog in it, the … Read more...
Speaking
Do you require someone to give a talk, moderate a panel or give a key note speech? You might want to get fresh insights into a new area such as: Doing business in the Middle East Creating a … Read more...
Hanging onto the world
I love this statue. It is in Qatar, in Katara which was designed as the ‘cultural village’ of Doha and is the venue for many local arts and crafts festivals as well as being the location of many arts related local organisations. The sculpture is called “Force of Nature 2”, and was created by the […]
Remote working? Tips from the last century
I have worked remotely most of my working life, starting in late 1980’s, yes, even back in the last century there was such a thing as ‘virtual teams’ (although I am sure we did not refer to ourselves as such). When I started working from home, I was an employee working for a consultancy with […]
Multiple Stakeholders – Herding Cats?
We often hear exasperated managers talk about the activity of managing team members as ‘herding cats’, and we smile and nod, sympathetic with the cat herder trying to align the interests and the attention of their team, are there any ways of making this task easier? All of us who lead or manage projects will […]