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Sometimes it’s useful to get back to basics. On a daily basis I hear of the motivation and engagement challenges that leaders face. We live in an evolved, sophisticated social world, yet our brains have not evolved at the same rate and are still designed to survive and respond in a relatively primitive social […]
Although leaders spend as much as 80% of their time in conversation, many underestimate the power of good quality conversation in getting things done and improving performance…and also how very ordinary we are at it. Following on from my last blog, here are five more myths about business conversations that need to be busted! Myth […]
As a leader you spend 80% of your time in conversation. Many leaders severely underestimate both the power of good quality conversation in getting things done and improving performance…and also how very ordinary we are at it. Here are five myths about business conversations that need to be busted! Myth 1: I am good at […]
Yes, I read the books and yes, I’ve seen the movies. Moving right along… I talk a lot. Often about myself, but more often than not about my plans, what I want to achieve, the next adventure I want to go on, or the next task I need to conquer. I’m a raving extravert so […]
In a 1966 experiment, 22 nurses were unwittingly part of an experiment to test obedience to figures of authority. There were three ‘rules’ that the nurses knew they must obey when administering drugs to patients. They must not accept instructions over the phone. They must not exceed the limit stated on the box. The drug […]
Sometimes I feel like I just can’t keep up. The emails keep piling in, the kids continue to require attention (funny that!), my list of what I want to achieve keeps growing and therefore when I don’t achieve it, the let down is not fun. Things are different to when I was younger – much […]
Whilst the great George Orwell in this infamous line was making reference to political irony, and also an acknowledgement of the futility of absolutes, there is some irony in how we view the conversations in our workplaces. There are conversations…and then there are conversations. I tend to label conversations in three ways: Personal Conversations – the chit-chat and banter that focuses […]
The statistics are compelling… Leaders spend 80% of their time in conversation. On average, an employee spends around 37% of their time in meetings – which are essentially group conversations. That’s a rather large percentage of the time spent in the workplace on conversations, and that doesn’t include emails and chats. And let’s face it, […]
Someone will always win – let it be you! My friend ‘Harold’ and I were yesterday discussing the critical impact that conversations have on the culture and performance of an organisation. Harold is a highly respected and experienced businessman and consultant, semi-retired, and currently Chairman of the Board of a very large institution embarking on […]
I’d like to hedge a bet and say never, or at least rarely! One of the challenges of being human, is the limited capacity of our ‘thinking’ brain. Whilst it is powerful in many ways, it is also quite limited in its capacity to think though complexity. The pre-frontal cortex (the bit that makes us […]