The Science of Strengths
In my work with managers on developing their capacity and confidence to lead, the theme of strengths has come to the forefront over the past 5 years, to the extent that we now define...
Perspectives
From Crew to Captain: Interview with David Mellor
David Mellor is a business mentor, honorary senior visiting fellow at Cass Business School and author of a number of books on the theme of moving from being an employee to being a business...
Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
The book, which had a significant impact on Dr Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj, encourages readers to embrace vulnerability and imperfection, to live wholeheartedly and courageously. Dr Brene Brown’s book is based on her research into the...
Words to Lead by from Jon Gordon
Best-selling author and keynote speaker, Jon Gordon shares his favourite piece of advice. These meaningful words are from Dr. James Gills, the only person on the planet to complete 6 Double Iron Man Triathlons...
Editor’s Note – October 2016
Welcome back, for those of you in the Northern Hemisphere, we hope you had a great summer and are now rested and raring to take on the rest of the year. Whether or not...
How Non-conformists Change the World – Originals by Adam Grant
If you have a look on Amazon, there are approximately 175,000 books on leadership which can make it hard to find something new, unique or challenging. Professor Kim Cameron, author of Practicing Positive Leadership,...
From eBay to own brand – #Girlboss by Sophia Amoruso
Sophia Amoruso is a very interesting and inspiring millennial. Why? She is the founder of one of the fastest-growing retailers in the world, Nasty Gal and has written #Girlboss, a book about her and...
Where does the courage come in?
I recently attended an event on Women’s Leadership Careers organised by the Chartered Management Institute’s (CMI) Women in Management (WiM) Network. The keynote speaker was none other than CMI’s CEO Ann Francke, an exceptionally...
Words to Lead By: David Mellor
David Mellor is a mentor who helps business owners to increase their profitability, fund their growth plans, and free up their time. Mellor, a Freeman of the Guild of Entrepreneurs, shares the best piece...
Borrowing the future from our children
Young people have been seen as well as heard in Scotland of late. At the recent Scottish Parliamentary elections earlier in May, young people aged 16 and 17 voted for the first time in...
Business approaches for tackling poverty
Scaling up Business Solutions to Social Problems: A Practical Guide for Social and Corporate Entrepreneurs – Olivier Kayser & Maria Valeria Budinich The authors suggest that some of the most sustainable and scalable solutions...
Doing good, doing business – Unseen Tours, London-based social enterprise
Social enterprise is a dynamic and inspiring way to do business, it’s an exciting and fast growing sector, a movement not just in the United Kingdom but around the world. Social enterprises are businesses...
What makes us feel good about our work?
It is not just the money that can make us feel good about our job, it’s a lot more complex than that. In his TED Talk, Dan Ariely, Professor of Psychology and Behavioural Economics...
Why the best hire might not have the perfect resume
In her TED Talk, Regina Hartley, UPS’s human resources director makes an argument that candidates who often don’t look that good on paper might be the ones that you want to hire, rather than...
Striving for excellence – what Aristotle would want us to know
The notion of striving for excellence is not new, but remains an essential one in professional and personal development, as most leaders, managers, coaches and business figures, in one way or another, will tell...
5 of the best…resources to keep resolutions
How are your New Year’s resolutions coming along? January is the month of getting fit, being more productive, having a new frame of mind. We collected five resources that can help you keep the...
10 tips for successful projects
Introduction The vision of the APM (Association for Project Management) for 2020 is ‘a world in which all projects succeed’. To achieve this vision experienced project managers need to share their knowledge for the...
Words to Lead By – Michelle McQuaid
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...
Gung Ho! – How To Motivate People In Any Organization by Ken Blanchard
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...
5 of the best…productivity resources
This is the last chapter of 2015. December is all about looking back and reviewing our year. On New Year’s Eve we usually promise ourselves that we will achieve even more during the coming...
