5 Minute Leadership Q&A – ‘How do I get quality feedback from my people?’

  Here's another of our 5 minute Q&A’s  – and again it's one of the questions we get asked the most by people we work with.   We often talk quite a bit about the value leaders derive from getting feedback from their people although typically the people...

So what, Now what?

As many of you will already know we do quite a bit of work in education, which is how we first came across this TED talk from Linda Cliatt-Wayman, but in truth it's contains some very powerful leadership messages regardless of your occupation.   In her TED...

5 Minute Leadership Q&A – I’m Fine…

The question this time is "How can I get my people to open up to me more and tell me how they are really feeling, instead of just replying with 'I'm fine'?"   How many times have you had this happen to you?   We are willing to bet...

6 Steps to Smart Simplicity

Here's a Ted talk from Yves Morieux with a somewhat challenging view on why productivity and motivation are falling in most companies and organisations, despite all the advances in technology and communication.   In this 10 minute video he challenges the two accepted pillars of management in...

How shopping in the supermarket is like leadership

  We are always amazed by what we learn about leadership from, what are seemingly everyday occurrences.   So we thought we'd share with you a short animated film in our vlog above about a scene we bet is very familiar to most of us, especially those of us...

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...