Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is an attractive approach to change for many reasons; it generates results fast, it engages people, it liberates creativity, it moves away from ‘blame culture’, and – not least – it feels good to focus on the…
The Best Podcasts For Brain Science, Understanding The Mind and People
Here’s my personal selection of some podcasts in the general area of understanding how people tick – ranging from neuroscience to management tips. The common denominator is that they all feature interviews, talks or contributions from leading researchers and practitioners…
How To Engage Your Young Talent At The Start Of A New Job Or Project
While thinking about the challenges of managing ‘Generation Y’ or ‘Millennials’, I came across this excellent article on the HBR blog by Chris Resto, author of ‘Recruit or Die: How Any Business Can Beat the Big Guys in the War…
Is your boss insane? And what to do about it
I’ve been sent this infographic from the people at Learnstuff.com which presents some rather alarming findings about bad bosses. I hesitated for a while to post this because it’s so unremittingly gloomy, but in the end I thought that it’s…
Good news if you live in a country that PayPal doesn’t cover
Well, most countries not covered by PayPal anyway. The Coaching Leaders online store uses PayPal to take payments. I had not realised, until alerted by a frustrated customer in Egypt, that there are certain countries that PayPal does not operate…
Leadership and engagement round-up: how to cure a toxic workplace
A quick summary of some interesting items I’ve read recently about how to make your workplace more emotionally intelligent and get your staff engaged with their work. First up is Gallup chairman and CEO Jim Clifton, blogging about What Makes Workplaces…
Tips For Running Emotionally Intelligent Meetings – from NLP and elsewhere
Do you ever find yourself in meetings that drag on, don’t achieve as much as they should, in which people seem to be bored and disengaged? When I was an employee, I took part in a lot of unproductive meetings.…