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Q&A with Sue Hybart, Cardiff University

I hope you’ve had a good couple of weeks. Mine have mainly involved running workshops and coaching lawyers. Last week I recorded a podcast on ‘real leadership and mental toughness’ for the American Management Association (AMA) in New York. This will be available on the AMA, Lane4, and this website very shortly. I also discovered …

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Creating an environment in which high performance is inevitable and sustainable

The last couple of weeks have provided plenty of variety and adventure. The week before last I was avoiding the seemingly millions of trees that line the ski trails of Vermont. As a relatively unskilled skier still mastering the art of turning at rapid speed (I don’t know how to slow down either!) this was …

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Are you a Real or Safe Leader?

I’ve just returned from Tampa where I ran the first of a series of four modules that Lane4 will roll out with 12 senior leaders in CRH over the next ten months. Having experienced the amazing blizzards that have hit New Jersey over the past couple of weeks, it was great to feel the warmth …

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A First! For Me!

I never fail to be astounded by the number of ‘firsts’ I continue to experience in a world where change is ever more inevitable, rapid, constant, exciting, and occasionally chaotic. It’s almost as if my life, and everyone else’s from my generation, has been turned upside down – Benjamin Button style! I always thought most, …

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