Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash That’s the best we can do isn’t it? Influence another to change. Only they can make the change in themselves. However, we can surely influence another’s attitude, because we are all receptive to another’s attitude and actions. It has to do with our mirror neurons. Whether we are leaders or team […]
Photo by Sirma Krusteva on Unsplash If you do have that skill, congratulations! You are Attitudinally Competent. That means you can rapidly select, adapt or maintain your best attitude for what has happened, is happening or might happen and not be stuck with habitual attitudes. You have mastered the power of your attitudes. However, if you want to […]
Alice, Brian, Charles and Diana were all sitting in the meeting room, waiting for their leader Eric to arrive for their weekly progress meeting. Alice was thinking about her youngest son who went to school today coughing – “he should have stayed home.” Brian was thinking about Eric’s usual lateness. “He’s slack.” Charles was running […]
I met Sandra (name changed for privacy) at a business networking event. Sandra owns a digital marketing agency, employing nine full time staff and a handful of contractors. Like any business, Sandra was keen to acquire more high-quality clients. Sandra had come from a larger agency and had a reasonable network of past and potential […]
I was asked that question by a person on Quora recently. Here is my answer. Yes, I believe there is. However, there are nuances and variations that depend upon your own behaviour and communication traits, and those of the difficult person, and we are all unique. That said, here is the process I coach to […]
Elephant in global room - depositphotos.com It’s not Trump, political divide, racism, climate change, obesity, tech disruption or AI, poverty, population growth, possible pandemic. However, the above are related symptoms, as this report shows. The elephant in the room is the very structure of money at the global level – namely Central Banking. All money […]
Stress and anxiety, there’s a lot of it going around right now, yes? The following arises from my experience in high risk, high performance and high stakes activity in covert operations and commerce. When we are stressed or anxious, we are in fight, flight or freeze mode and the following can happen: Blood goes away […]
Here’s how you can tell if you are: Persistent problems in your business. You feel it’s too risky to approach the perpetrator/s. You don’t want to make it worse. You kid yourself that it will get better naturally. You have a feeling of guilt about it, sometimes keeping you awake at night. Whilst these feelings […]
Hello, David here. Look, I thought I’d share this idea with you. Over the last 20 years as an executive coach, leadership consultant and trainer for my clients, I’ve realised that there’s one primary cause for all the persistent problems that these businesses that my clients have. The problems I’m talking about are low morale, […]
I’ve been banging on about difficult conversations for a while now, leading to my workshop on 24th October. Whilst that workshop is about how to conduct difficult conversations with others, it’s also a framework for having the most difficult conversations ever, the ones we try to have with ourselves. By failing to conduct those conversations […]
