Attitude in action

Attitude in action

Between having the knowledge to do something and the behaviours to actually do the something, there is something you can neither see nor touch it, but it is so important! You can call it Mindset, you can call it Fortitude, you can call it Grit and you can call it...
Mental Toughness and Performance

Mental Toughness and Performance

Not everyone with high Mental Toughness is a champion; however, all champions have high Mental Toughness. Skills and competencies will get you to the top but it’s Mental Toughness that will get you beyond and help you to stay there. Be it in sports, arts, politics or...
I have decided

I have decided

  When you say “I have decided”, which “i” is it that has decided? Is it your intellectual “i” that has reasoned, calculated and measured? Is it your intuitive “i” based on intangible patterns & cues and previous experience? Is it your instinctive “i” driven...
The myths and realities of behavioural change

The myths and realities of behavioural change

I’ve been involved in behavioural development for almost 35 years now and reckon that I have spent over 3000 days interfacing with groups. I’ve worked with apprentices, students, future managers, first-line managers, project leaders, seasoned managers, directors,...
Leadership Transformation conversations

Leadership Transformation conversations

Without blowing my own trumpet, I like to think that I am quite good at what I do; I have been working with some of my clients for over 30 years – so I guess I must be doing something right. I’ve been helping people to develop their leadership capacity for over 35...
Comfort zone – the place to be?

Comfort zone – the place to be?

  The concept of comfort zone is attributed to the psychologists Robert M. Yerkes and John D. Dodson, who carried out experiments to show that a state of relative comfort generated a constant level of performance Many posts about the comfort zone will tell you...