Here’s a little gem I heard from Marcus Buckingham on Daniel Pink’s excellent ‘Office Hours‘ phone-in podcast (click the following link to see my other favourite leading-edge management thinking podcasts). One of the subjects discussed was how performance appraisals and…
Are you overlooking the difference you’re making to others?
Reading Kevin Powell’s appreciation of Don Cornelius, creator and host of the great 70’s TV show ‘Soul Train’, I was moved by the closing sentence: “The ultimate tragedy is that I doubt whether this man ever completely grasped how much…
‘Growth’ vs ‘Fixed’ mindsets – and why it’s important to have a ‘growth’ mindset
Anyone interested in personal development will have come across the Henry Ford quote “Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right.” This quote is so often repeated because it encapsulates an essential truth – that self-belief…