As you made your decision on the recent Brexit vote, you may well have been impacted by something called a “Confirmation Bias”. This is where we tend to only listen to information that confirms our preconceptions. This is one of a myriad of cognitive biases that can operate almost automatically, to bias your thinking and [...]
Sometimes we all have a week of ups and downs. The week following Brexit may have been one of those for you and it certainly was for me! An unbelievable week Friday I woke up to the news we were leaving the EU and then headed off to Amsterdam for a friend’s 50th Birthday weekend. [...]
As we wait on tenterhooks for the result of the EU vote, whichever way it goes it will always be vitally important for us all to work on an identity that will make us stand out. As an individual and a business. Vision, purpose and values In Chapter 2 of my book (PI Leadership), I [...]
You may be a leader in an organisation or you may be led by someone else, possibly both. But the characteristics of leaders are very important to the success of teams and organisations across the world. A very interesting piece of research James Kouzes and Barry Posner have conducted ongoing research for over 25 years, [...]
I hope you are having a good week and feeling both inspired and motivated! We often group these words together, but they are in fact very different. Definitions Here are some example definitions: Inspiration - Someone or something that gives you ideas for doing something. Motivation – Enthusiasm for doing something. The difference was something [...]