Here’s the first video in the Influence and Motivation Series. It’s about a very simple way to elicit seriously useful information from someone. There’s some additional context that I’ll expand in future videos, but for now, just watch it, try it out, and see what you discover. [jwplayer mediaid=”1122″] And do please post your comments …
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Belief No. 3 for a High Performance Organisation Individuals and organisations perform at their best when they work together, rather than against each other. In previous posts I’ve looked at how people want to do the best job they possibly can, and that they can be trusted to do it. In this final part …
Belief No. 2 for a High Performance Organisation “There is one thing that is common to every individual, relationship, team, family, organization, nation, economy, and civilization throughout the world—one thing which, if removed, will destroy the most powerful government, the most successful business, the most thriving economy, the most influential leadership, the greatest friendship, …
Belief No. 1 for a High Performance Organisation I first started work in my family business when I was 20. It was an iron foundry, employing about 50 people, and I was the 4th generation of my family to work there. We had a very stable workforce and, with surprising insight for a 20 …
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Inspired by Ted Coine’s recent blog “Don’t be a Twit” (find him on twitter as @tedcoine) and some subsequent conversations with TrueTwit users, I decided to put pen to paper, or rather fingers to keys. The increasing number of TrueTwit validation requests I get is really beginning to irritate me, particularly as, so far as …
How many times have you heard or said something that sounds broadly like “Our people are our most valuable asset”? I know it’s a cliché, but I imagine that most people reading this would, at least generally, agree with that sentiment. Well, here’s the bad news: IT’S NOT TRUE! What’s worse: some of your people …
Two people I know died over the Christmas holidays. The first one, Colin, had a profound influence on me 40 years ago. He was one of my favourite teachers at school. I liked and respected him, and the feeling was reciprocated. As a result, I wanted to learn from him, and he became one of …
I decided to pay a little visit to the Apple store on London's Regent Street this morning. It's one of those places I gravitate to when I'm in the area and have a few spare minutes, for no other reason than I just love being there. And that's the point, really. The Regent Street store …
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Do you remember how just two years ago millions of people both inside and outside the US were enthused and excited by the possibilities they saw for the future, and delighted in using the phrase “Yes we can!” One morning last week on the “Today” programme on BBC Radio 4, I heard a report on …
