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A Question of Trust
When I’m coaching leaders, the question of trust comes up frequently. Trust in their colleagues. Trust in their board or CEO. Trust…
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What I’m Reading This Week: Andy Grove on Leadership, Friendship and the Conversations We Avoid
I’ve revisited reading High Output Management by Andy Grove this week. It’s easy to dismiss a book first published in 1983, but…
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‘We’re too busy to save money’ and the ‘switch cost’ for schools.
In the early days at Zen Educate, well before the online teacher supply platform was launched, we asked: ‘How can we create…
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‘The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice…’
I borrowed Alan Sieler’s ‘Coaching to the Human Soul’ having seen it on a friend’s bookshelf in 2017. This was my introduction…
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‘Let’s hope things don’t go to plan. How boring would that be?’
I’m still laughing about this email response from Stephen Priest Principal of the British International School Tbilisi, Georgia. The truth is of…
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Summer Reads: The Heart Aroused by David Whyte
The Heart Aroused is a great read for anyone grappling with what it means to keep humanity in the daily experience of…
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The Opportunities We Notice
Earlier this year I took some time out to travel and spent several weeks hiking and exploring Tasmania and New Zealand. I…
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Scenario Planning or Strategic Planning: Which One, and When?
Scenario Planning or Strategic Planning: Which One, and When? Someone once said we can be certain of two things: death and taxes.…
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The Power of One-on-One Meetings: Building Communication and Productivity
One to one meetings are the foundation, the engine room of our business. If they’re led well we get to know our…
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A Tale of Two Sculptures:
I have two favourite sculptures in London: Dr Salter’s Day Dream on Bermondsey Wall East, and the recent Banksy sculpture at Wellington…
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