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From diatribe to dialogue – Part 3 Attitude – listening – responding
In part 1, I looked at the 4D's and in part 2 I looked at some core characteristics In part 3, I will look at some questions to ask yourself about your attitude, how you are listening and how you are responding Attitude – am I looking for success through...
From dialogue to diatribe – part 2 Core characteristics
In part 1 I looked at the 4D's - Diatribe, Debate, Discussion and Dialogue In part 2 I will look at five core characteristics that you need to develop to help you on your journey to dialogue Openness This is the willingness to let go of certainty and hear other...
From diatribe to dialogue – Part 1 The fours D’s
“Dialogue – A discipline for collective learning” Edgar Schein Dialogue is aimed at fostering mutual insight and common purpose. The process involves listening with empathy, searching for common ground, exploring new ideas and perspectives, and bringing...
Team development
“A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong” Tecumseh, a Shawnee Indian chief The first teambuilding I was involved in as a facilitator was in 1988; it was a week-long outdoor based event for the twelve-member management team of the Rolls-Royce...
Leadership team
If as a CEO or senior leader you are building your leadership team Don’t build a team “below you”, with you on a kind of pedestal and team members following in your footsteps. Don’t build a team around you, with you as the centre of attraction and team members...
Wellbeing
Wellbeing, like a lot of things, has less to do with what is going on outside and more to do with what is going on inside. Wellbeing is not about having the latest iPhone, tens of thousands of followers on LinkedIn, holidays in exotic places or a large choice...
Anniversary
This week is my anniversary week; I ran my first leadership development event in September 1986, a ten-day Barton Camp experience for graduate trainee managers I am now entering my 36th year of leadership development, which means at the young old age of 66, I...
From diatribe to dialogue
Edgar Schein described dialogue as "a discipline for collective learning” Dialogue is aimed at fostering mutual insight and common purpose. The process involves listening with empathy, searching for common ground, exploring new ideas and perspectives, and...
The importance of recovery
If pressure and stress are your enemies, recovery and energy are your allies. – if you want to perform well in the storm, you need to recover well! Performing in the storm looks somewhat like this Select the challenge(s) to face up to Prepare to face up to the...
Where is your Achilles Tendon?
I come across a lot of people who are “globally” mentally tough but with “specific” issues or weaknesses; and it’s often the weakness that “let’s them down” in difficult situations. Mental Toughness is a “A personality trait which determines, in a large part,...