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A few things you do each week genuinely add value, most things you do don’t. Low value add activities are emotionally attractive but, with practice, we can break out of this unhelpful pattern of work,…
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Discovering and Focusing on Your Highest Value Add Activities as a Leader
A few things you do each week genuinely add value, most things you do don’t. Low value add activities are emotionally attractive but, with practice, we can break out of this unhelpful pattern of work,…
The El Faro Disaster and What It Tells Us About Psychological Safety
In October 2015, the cargo ship SS El Faro sank during Hurricane Joaquin, killing all 33 crew members. The El Faro’s story brings to life the story that hierarchy without mechanisms for upward dissent is…
A Personal Leadership Vision: How It Helps and How to Create One
A personal leadership vision is a clear, aspirational statement of the kind of leader you want to be and the impact you want to have. It belongs entirely to you and serves as a compass…
Think, Feel, Do: A Communication Framework That Actually Works
The Think, Feel, Do framework is a simple planning tool for designing communications, events, and change initiatives. Before any interaction, you need to ask what do you want people to: think (the cognitive shift), feel…
Who Decides What Organisational Values Really Mean?
Part 3 of 3 · A series by Brian Hunter Young What If Organisation Development Has Been Looking in the Wrong Place? Could Better Questions Lead to Better Organisation Development? Who Decides What Organisational Values…
What Really Changes When You Become a Manager?
Moving into management changes far more than a job title. Drawing on my experience of working with and coaching managers, this article explores what happens when responsibility, relationships and expectations shift after promotion, and why…
Information Doesn’t Change Behaviour. Here’s What Does.
Training usually fails not because it was delivered badly, but because information on its own does not change behaviour. Knowing is not half the battle. Behaviour and belief change is hard, and seldom happens without…
Evidence Based Management: Making Better Decisions at Work
Evidence based management means making important decisions using the best available evidence from four sources: your own professional expertise, organisational data, the scientific literature, and the concerns of the people affected. Introduction Most management decisions…