Recently I was helping a client to get moving on figuring out the politics around his work. He is working through the modules on the Impact and Influence Programme. He has knuckled down and done an excellent job, delivering some pretty massive projects/programmes, but...

A lot of people are probably on the belief that they should treat other people as they wish to be treated themselves, and that's wrong. There's a big mistake in this. Why? Well, frankly because everybody else isn't like you. They're not coded the same way. There's a...

Forgive me, at times I have a tendency to be a tad blunt. If you’ve been loitering here with me for a while, you will recognise this as my passion for straight-talking – with the very best of intentions for your success. So, here goes… If you are not “whistling while...

The Hersey Blanchard model of Situational Leadership is one of those frameworks that in my experience has stood the test of time, over and over. However, most people miss the magic subtlety – indeed, the secret sauce that makes it the one of the most powerful ways to...

One of the dimensions on the influence profile that you may be familiar with is Emotional Control. What we're saying in the influence profile is that basically if there is a big difference between your preferred default behaviours, and the individual you want to...

For years, the division between personal and professional life has been questioned. For years, the dominant view is that it is useful/necessary to maintain that split. Now, things could be changing – fast! Several discussions recently have highlighted the problem of...