What Happens When People Feel Safe?

  Here's an interesting 10 minute video by Simon Sinek.   If you've watched our previous blog posts you'll recognise him. In this video Simon is talking about how leaders can positively impact on the commitment and productivity of their people by really getting the environment right.   In his...

The 7 Sins of Speaking

  Here's an interesting 10 minute video by Julian Treasure.   He first discusses the 7 sins of speaking - the bad habits we all fall into, that ultimately end up making it harder for people to listen to us.  He makes the case for the power of...

5 Minute Leadership Q&A – Leader vs. Expert

  This is is our second 5 minute leadership Q&A.   The question this time is "Can I lead a team when I don't know all the technical aspects of their role?   "Perhaps unsurprisingly, we get asked this question by many leaders who think they should know the answer...

A message from tendevelopment

Dead or Dormant???

Here’s a real treat before Christmas and probably our final blog of the year before the festivities begin.   The video above is absolutely one of our favourites and whilst it’s not new it’s still brilliant, as is pretty much anything Sir Ken Robinson does (in our...

5 Minute Leadership Q&A – Making Time to Think

  We are always getting asked loads of questions from people we work with about some of their common leadership challenges, so we thought we'd put together a series of short videos with some really practical quick wins to try.   This is the first one so we wanted...