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When I talk to managers and leaders, the theme of high performance is a frequent topic of conversation. We can all agree that being a great organisation and providing exceptional products or services are...
Giving a talk on The Art of Conversation, I mentioned a kind of conversation called Thing Talk. Thing Talk is conversation about such subjects as weather, cars, fashion, computers, banks, money, widgets and whatsits, facts...
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Join the Positive Leadership webinar and learn: • The approach and behaviour of positive leaders • How to harness your own strengths, those of your team and organisation • How to incorporate positive...
Boomy Tokan small business consultant, the founder of Start Your Own Business Academy, speaker and author shares his most impactful piece of advice: Tokan suggests to make little tweaks and there will come a time...
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Henry Stewart, the interviewee in our last edition, recommended this book, saying that it changed his life and his organisation as well. Maverick by Ricardo Semler is a story of a Brazilian businessman who...
Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Facebook, gave a TED Talk about why are so few women in leadership roles. Her book, Lean In started from that 15 minute talk. Sandberg’s point is...
Change / Featured / Leadership
Box of Crayons helps people and organisations to do less Good Work and more Great Work. Michael Bungay Stanier, the founder and senior partner describes what is Great Work in his interview with Eszter...
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Henry Stewart is the founder and Chief Executive of London-based training business Happy Ltd. Happy was rated one of the top 20 workplaces in the UK for 5 successive years and now helps other...
Does culture matter? Recent research carried out by James Heskett at Harvard Business School suggests that 20%-30% of corporate performance can be attributed to a positive, strong performance culture. As Edgar Schein, probably the...
Being known, liked and trusted is vital for building positive, professional relationships. Personal image is the gateway to building these three. In her talk delivered for Women in Management London, Joanna Gaudoin outlined the...
“There are few things ever dreamed of, smoked or injected that have as addictive an effect on our brains as technology” (McGonigal, 2012) and “perhaps not since Early Man first discovered how to use...
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Henry Stewart is founder and Chief Executive of London-based training business Happy Ltd. Happy was rated one of the top 20 workplaces in the UK for 5 successive years and now helps other organisations...
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Michelle McQuaid is a best-selling author, workplace wellbeing teacher and playful change activator, she helps organisations using positive psychology and neuroscience to help understand what is happening to people’s brains in complexity and uncertainty....
A book that has the capacity to change you and really change your perspective on leadership – says Pete Hamill, author and consultant. ”I would offer it as a counterpoint to a book on...
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Michelle McQuaid best-selling author, workplace wellbeing teacher and playful change activator and our featured interview in the next issue of People & Purpose. Here sheshares the best piece of advice she received: “Every action...
Impact / Leadership / People
A formidable line-up of inspiring women spoke at the London day of Management Today’s flagship conference series on 19th November 2015. In perfect wordplay, the event featured both tremendously inspiring women and provided an...
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Pete Hamill is a consultant, coach and facilitator, predominantly working in the areas of leadership and organisational development. In this video he talks to Eszter Molnar Mills and describes his approach to leadership development,...
More of a fable than a leadership textbook, this book is about someone who goes to a company and turns around its performance through 3 principles: the spirit of the squirrel, the way of...
Leaders in all sectors are now operating in an environment of shared power – and adjusting to it means they have to do things differently. They need to work with multiple stakeholders and come...
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The light bulb; just a simple object in your everyday life. We need it at home, in the office, on the street, almost everywhere. Thomas Edison frequently receives credit for inventing the light bulb...
This Positive Leadership Journal is a publication for managers and leaders looking for strength-based approaches and practical resources to add to their toolkit for enhanced performance. Comprising of interviews, case studies, articles and multimedia content, People & Purpose will help readers develop effective strategies to build their management practice, their organizations and their careers.
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