I am a good boss I run a fair-sized team. I like to think I am a good boss, reasonable, fair, open-minded. Perhaps I am kidding myself. There is however one thing I do that drives my team nuts, makes them apoplectic, I have an infuriating habit of asking two people to do the same […]
Circles of Influence: Do You Want Your Team Flexing Their’s?
Three very important circles: The smallest is our circle of control, the things we can directly influence, the time we get out of bed in the morning, how we spend our money. All of it within our gift. The largest is our circle of concern, world poverty, global warming, the economy. All the things we […]
Road Rage and Team Building
I was late, I am permanently late, I was born late and I am still trying to catch up. I was driving to a call centre in Halifax. If you have ever visited Halifax you will know that the last 5 miles into town from the motorway are along the most tedious stretch of “no […]
Clean Cold Running Water
Depending on who you listen to we want a number of things. Maslow will tell you they can be categorised, starting with physiological needs and ending with self actualisation. I’m lucky, by most peoples standards I am a way up that particular triangle, but it is easy to forget what you have and assume everybody […]
Poo in the Pool
Imagine the scene, you won Euro Millions, you are a multi multi millionaire. To celebrate you bought a house high above Los Angeles in the Hollywood Hills. It has fabulous views out over the city and a beautiful aqua marine pool. You have been there a month and are holding a house warming party, all […]