It is easy to set up a team… You take a bunch of people, put them in a room, give them a simple task and tell them to crack on with it. Setting up a team is easy. But teamwork is a different matter Teamwork needs: An understanding of strengths An admission of weaknesses Openness […]
How to Win the F.A. Cup
I don’t know much about football As a teenager I used to play in the school yard. When they picked teams I was always the last poor sod standing there. I was usually dismissed to the other team with a “Oh you have him“. I was fat I was slow I lacked talent (Keep your thoughts […]
Do You Have to Control Everything?
If there is one thing that upsets me… Really upsets me it is being controlled. Being told where I have to be, when I have to be there, what I need to do, which meeting I need to go to… I hate being controlled. Of course it cuts both ways. If I am hell-bent on […]
Getting it Right When it all Goes Wrong
Sometimes it all goes wrong, there is a calamity, a disaster or a screw up. Shit happens. There is only one sensible response when it all goes a bit Pete Tong; understand why and then do something to stop it happening again — it works even better when done quickly. This is not a revelation. My father […]
Go On, Trust Me
Successful organisations revolve around trust. The more you trust your colleagues the less you worry about them: You spend less effort checking up You spend less time looking for alternatives You spend less money on lawyers and contracts As trust rises, business becomes faster, smoother and cheaper. Frictional costs disappear. As Steven Covey would say, […]
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