The rational side of leading change you ace. As a business leader, project manager, or consultant, writing a business case, PID, or project plan and pitching it to the board is your bread and butter. But inspiring and moving people to act on your change initiative, particularly when it requires…

“Yesterday, we had a meeting with another department to talk about our IT business change project. We were meant to discuss the next steps, but it was an absolute disaster. They hadn’t done a thing we agreed. They just don’t understand IT, so we ended up explaining it to them…

Getting others to see the world differently and inspired to act on your idea or strategy is important to remain relevant and successful in an ever changing and noisy world. But it can be an absolute headache to achieve. Even when your idea or strategy is demonstrably better than what…

Imagine when people adopt your strategic vision, your diversity & inclusion policy, or your idea for a new and improved product, service, or way of working. What do you see? What does success look like? How has the world changed now that people are impacted by what you created? What…

I love the Royal Marines. Whilst driving home from a client workshop and dealing with the gusts of storm Eunice that repeatedly hit my car, I am thinking about the keynote on leading transformational change that the Commando Training Centre Royal Marines have invited me to give in May 2022. …

How can you gain the cooperation and support from others to reach agreement in a negotiation or to bring a new idea or strategy to life without hassle? Getting others to do what you want them to do differently is hard. One big reason is the belief that telling people…

When you look at a piece of art and ask what others think of it, you tend to get a broad spectrum of opinions. Some will absolutely dislike it, others will be unmoved by it, and some will be deeply enamoured by it. We expect and accept these responses. Different…

The other day, I was reminded again that life is a vector, requiring both force and direction. For many of us, the force element comes easy — working hard, putting in long hours, week in, week out. But for many this is oftentimes experienced without the commensurate feeling of joy. …

“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.” Sir Winston Churchill Strategic planning has been falling out of favor with business leaders for many years. …