Research by Gregory Bateson and Robert Dilts suggests that we have a hierarchy in the way we think about things. They identified six ‘logical levels of thought’, each level providing different information and building on the level below.

Article courtesy of Bernadette Doyle

Heard About ‘Free Days’?
Imagine the following scenario. It’s Wednesday afternoon. You and a friend are having lunch at your favourite restaurant. After lunch you might go for a stroll, visit a local attraction, or just go home and read. It doesn’t matter which. Your phone and email are switched off, work is the farthest thing from your mind, and you’re committed to nothing more than simply relaxing. You return to the office the next morning, guilt-free and feeling rather energetic.

The meaning of the communication is the response you get.

In his latest article for People Management magazine Binna Kandola explains that “psychological research quite clearly demonstrates that all human beings are biased”. The key, he contends, is that we need to be aware of our biases in order to maximize our opportunities and performance in a diverse society. Self awareness is one of the cornerstones of emotional intelligence which in turn has been shown to correlate with leadership success.

Over the past few weeks you have no doubt seen some of the coverage of the 40th anniversary of landing on the moon. You may have noticed that much of the coverage has focused on how such a difficult goal could only be achieved through teamwork.

One thing that struck me was the compelling direction that President Kennedy gave the NASA team in his speech in May 1961

You may have just watched the end of the first test match with Australia.

Monty Panesar, the England cricketer, has gone from batting no hoper to England saviour through having a buddy (Paul Colingwood) to help him improve his batting.

Who could you buddy with?

What have Michael Jackson, Iran and Leadership got in common? This post contends that the way they are viewed is a construction that people negotiate between themselves

Is Leadership innate or developed – a case study from our recent visit to South Africa

The latest CIPD report on trends in talent management in the UK makes interesting reading. It reports “ a number of surprising positives” including: 1) “Organisations are focussing more of the time engaging, motivating, retaining and fully using the skills of their existing workforce”. 2) “Uncertain times, for the most part have led to more [...]

Have you noticed that sometimes we are so keen to help people that when they make a statement or ask us a question we always try to provide an answer? Perhaps, at times, we don’t know enough about the stuation but we answer anyway. Perhaps they just need some space to work the answer out [...]