Written by Rosie on March 8, 2010 – 8:47 am
A sign seen in a Paris hotel elevator said
Please leave your values at the front desk
How easily we can change the meaning of a message by a small misinterpretation. This can happen even in our own language. In terms of leadership, there is a more serious aspect to consider.
Do you leave your values at [...]
Written by Rosie on February 2, 2010 – 8:55 am
What do Genghis Khan, Lawrence of Arabia, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Allan Leighton and Sir Richard Branson have in common?
They were/are all successful leaders, but with very different leadership styles. They all had a strong determination to deliver. They have all had impact in their time.
A recent interim report by the Chartered Institute of [...]
Written by Rosie on January 19, 2010 – 3:16 pm
In the ’spirit’ of New Year’s Eve, you may have made some resolutions, or you may have agreed goals at your appraisal. In the cold light of reality, how long will you keep them up? Here are 8 tips to maintain your motivation to succeed.
Start with the end in sight
Set yourself a [...]
Written by Rosie on November 24, 2009 – 3:31 pm
On the recent ‘Dealing with Difficult People’ course we ran, there was a great aha moment. Quite early on in the day, one delegate realised she actually is the ‘difficult’ person. This is something that is not always easy to accept. I remember the first time I ran this course; I made the mistake of [...]
Written by Rosie on October 8, 2009 – 6:02 pm
If you have done the ‘graveyard’ slot, you will know it is rarely a good time for creativity. Last Wednesday in Oxford, I was on after lunch at a seminar for fifteen women. The topic was creative thinking!
They needed to be energised and find their child like state. ‘Genius is the ability to retrieve childhood [...]
Written by Rosie on August 24, 2009 – 6:16 pm
Last Friday, I gave a joint talk at the BusinessXChange Co-Operation Event with Rebecca Fordham (Real People Solutions HR) on coping with pressure at work. It ended with a relaxation technique, which went really well until someone’s mobile phone went off at a critical moment. Thank you to whoever that was for demonstrating the pressure [...]
Written by Rosie on July 13, 2009 – 3:54 pm
On the Speaking as a Leader course we held last week at the beautiful venue of Stanton Manor, we had some great delegates. One of the exercises they found most challenging was defining the difference between leadership and management. They are not alone. If you go on the internet and search under leadership, there are over 14 million hits; [...]
Written by Rosie on June 8, 2009 – 5:49 pm
Will ‘Brown Sugar’ make a good leadership combination and what can they learn from each other? It will be interesting to see what comes of this match, if they get the time to deliver anything. They both know what bankruptcy is about and how to fire your team members. They both seem to know [...]
Written by Rosie on April 30, 2009 – 4:24 pm
Success is different things to different people, and not everyone bases success on the pounds in the bank. (Just as well in the current climate!) I was saddened to hear people at a recent seminar saying that success was based on profit, and people were driven either by fear or greed. Isn’t this the sort [...]
Written by Rosie on April 3, 2009 – 2:15 pm
‘The legacy you leave is the life you lead’ John Kouzes, award winning author of The Leadership Challenge
With the G20 summit and world leaders on parade, it is an apt time to consider the concepts of legacy. Defined as ‘material or immaterial thing handed down by predecessor‘, I believe for leadership, it has become to [...]
