The light-bulb conversation went like this. ME: “How can I help?” MD: “Sigh. I don’t know Paul. What I do know though is this. I seem to spend most of my time picking people up, (good people) when they are down, reminding them of the big picture, refocussing them when...
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You’d likely think poorly of the CEO who had no long term vision for the business.Maybe you would raise an eyebrow to find the MD with no medium term biz objectives or, doubtful of your Project Manager with no plan. Pretty basic stuff really. My old boss used to come...
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1. Events happen / change occurs. Constantly. 2. We cannot control them / it. 3. We put meaning on them / it. Always. 4. The meanings determine the quality, satisfaction and effectiveness of our work, our life, our leadership. 5. Since we can always change or correct our meanings, we...
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When you are the arbiter of peoples future; promotion, salary, workload, direction, well-being there is no such thing as a trivial comment. EVERYTHING you say leaves a mark, let’s be clear on that. Like the vessel ploughing through the ocean, there is always a wake. You leave a wake behind...
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Common – Unity. That is the root of the word Community. A group of people unified around a common objective. So you are endeavouring to create some community spirit right? What unifying goal or values holds together your project, Board, tribe, team, community? If you, or no one else can...
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