In our last blog post, we looked at how to set yourself up for professional success and prepare for a new role with confidence. This time, we’re going to build on that; sharing some tips on how you can navigate the first 90 days. There are a lot of things to think about as you
Resistance to change is a natural phenomenon. Â At an individual level, change can create a mixed range of emotional response. A Global Survey by McKinsey in 2006 (Organising for Successful Change Management), shows that where change had not been successful, the dominant emotions were anxiety, frustration and confusion. While those emotions were not necessarily absent
Have you just spent the last two weeks working through your goal-setting for 2013? If you’re like most of us, January is a time when you think about what you want to achieve during the year. And in our professional lives we’re knee-deep in business plans, budgets and annual goal-setting. Few management tasks consume more
Solutions Focus (SF) is an exciting and complete approach to change. It developed from the brilliantly simple ‘brief therapy’ work of Steve de Shazer and Insoo Kim Berg. It is now used by major businesses, coaches and consultants as their chosen approach to deliver respectful and lasting change quickly. Mark McKergow & Paul Z. Jackson
A key leadership skill is the ability to commit to personal and business goals. We are now well into the third week of January and those of us who like to set goals for the calendar year will have them well defined and established. So let me tell you about one of mine. On 22
In today’s tough economic circumstances, business leaders are seeking competitive advantage through the best use of their people more than ever before. In a time when the job market is uncertain many leaders may feel that supporting the career management of their staff is not a priority, seeing it as something that is personal to
Last week I wrote about the leadership lessons we can learn from the Great North Run. I haven’t been running much this week but I have been enjoying the post-race footage in the papers, on the TV and on running websites and Facebook. One of the things that has struck me is that it’s not
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