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Oct 11
Work life balance
Apologies for the long gap since my last post. A family bereavement brought with it an upheaval and sadness that quite rightly pushed updating my blog off any priority list. As ever, events like this are a painful reminder of what’s really important in life. Sadly, we too quickly forget as we get back into …
Aug 23
Is your own team high performing?
My schedule over the past couple of weeks has been dominated by the publication of the Thrive on Pressure book by McGraw-Hill. I’ve delivered several presentations as part of the book launch and my assertion that Tiger Woods is not as mentally tough as many think has sparked some ‘interesting’ conversations. I must send him …
Aug 02
Woods and pressure
I told you a few months ago that McGraw-Hill had acquired the publishing rights to my latest book, Thriving on Pressure. I am delighted to inform you that the book will be available from mid-August and can be pre-ordered on Amazon right now. You will see on the home page of this website that the …
Jul 21
No hiding place
At the time of writing my last blog on June 21st, I thought that the worst might be over. Dismal performances against the US and Algeria would surely be long forgotten by now as the England soccer team, as is their tradition, improved as the World Cup progressed. Alas, it was to get even worse, …
Jul 19
What’s motivating you?
I told you in my blog posted on June 7th that data emanating from the Lane4 ‘What’s Motivating You?’ survey were in the process of being analyzed. The report has now been published and I want to share the headline results with you. The survey attracted nearly 650 responses, reinforcing that motivation among employees is …
Jun 27
What’s the impact of your motivation?
Many thanks to those of you who have listened to and provided positive feedback on the podcast I recorded for the American Management Association. The content clearly resonated with the leaders among you who find yourselves in testing times. Many thanks also to those of you who responded to the motivation survey I posted in …
Jun 21
How do you keep on track?
Writing this blog provides me with a much-needed time-out from the lingering torture of watching England’s dismal performances against the US and Algeria in the soccer World Cup. However, their failure to deliver the goods under pressure was surpassed on Sunday at Pebble Beach when American golfer, Dustin Johnson, leading the US Open by three …
May 24
Mental Toughness and Real Leaders
My last couple of weeks have largely been taken up by one-to-one coaching. This has involved working with lawyers who find themselves in leadership positions and are tasked with getting the best out of a bunch of individuals who are good at what they do, used to working on their own, and see no reason …
May 10
The ‘new normal’
I’ve just finished writing an article for MWorld, the American Management Association’s magazine. The Editor asked me to write about the implications of the ‘new normal’ for leaders and it made me realize that we hear a lot about the ‘new normal’ but what does it actually mean? At the micro-level, there is no precise …
Apr 26
Reinvent youself
I should be writing this in Holland where I was due to deliver a three-day workshop on ‘Creating High Performance Teams’ to a group of 15 senior leaders in the CRH European business. Instead, I’m at home in Princeton as one of a huge number of people whose travel has been disrupted by the travel …
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