Succession. The need to look ahead and define a structure to replace current leadership is imperative. This applies as much in the home as in business. If the business is a family business, then even more so. Very often ‘leadership’ just comes about through circumstance or last-minute plans, if they can be called that –…
Sociopaths and psychopaths – words we hear, easy to generalise and make assumptions about without much or any real knowledge to go on – BUT potentially negative pre-conclusions? Both display challenging behaviours but differ significantly: sociopaths tend to be impulsive and struggle to form stable relationships due to their volatile nature, while psychopaths, known for…
As a management consultant, coach and mentor of 45 years, a corporate manager before that and a business owner – I know this to be true. Group-think and preemptive-think exist less in these environments; there is again, no doubt that these two types of ‘non-thinking’ are real cancers in the majority of businesses, right through…
I have migrated my efforts from my previous websites dealing with this topic to this, which is now my main site. If you are experiencing bullying? If you are responsible for people bullying? If you are being counselled because someone thinks you are bullying? Reach out to me and let’s talk! My experience is that…
Thinking leads to language. Language, presupposes others’ thinking, thinkings that ‘one’ needs to learn from that language. That can overpower new thinking and almost make it redundant, especially if the thinker is powerful. The thinker, thinking that they are the solution; that thinker, often being the ‘boss’, overlooking that their real job is to be…
Things to think about when considering people, you interact with and even as close as to you, interacting with others. Almost everything can be solved when we move the responsibility to self and take it away from the “if lonely they ‘didn’t’ sentiment. Almost everything can be solved when we change our expectations and paradigms…
PwC has announced it would retreat from all government consulting. Can anyone imagine a diabolical result from such a background as diabolical as this current Government scandal and how PwC had addressed it? If this behaviour is proven, as it seems it has been, they how could any client…
Networking that works. Check the network is within your target market. Have a genuine desire to learn about others. Ask questions, listen and ask about what they said. Then listen again and ask again. This will ensure the other person is interested – they are talking about themselves and you are listening. Don’t add onto…
Saturday 27th May 2023 and yet another sad story about lack of governance and integrity within a big so-called ‘respectable’ organisation. This time (once again) PwC, but it could as quickly have been any of their level competitors! I wrote to Helen Fazzino (PwC Managing PArtner People, partnerships and culture) today via LinkedIn saying “As…
I received two emails (poorly identified and set out) telling me of changes to pricing as of June 2023. One for electricity and one for gas. I rang the supplier, I waited for 28 minutes and then I am told the best they can do is 6% of the standard rate. They don’t mention that…
