Taking your first steps to culture change

Taking your first steps to culture change

If you’ve got a nagging feeling that your culture needs addressing, a really good place to start is with your values. You undoubtedly have some in place, but it’s worth really interrogating them: are they evident in the life of your organisation, and do they help you...
What the Queen says about leadership

What the Queen says about leadership

What the Queen says about leadership The values she takes from her faith provide, in her words, “the framework by which I try to lead my life.” Note: “try to”. For all of us, our values are something to live up to. In her 70 years on the throne, she has...
Close your eyes and tell me your values

Close your eyes and tell me your values

I’m serious! If you don’t look them up, can you reel off your company values? Or do they slip your mind? Maybe you remember three out of five. Or maybe the spirit in which they are meant, but not the words. Quite possibly you know they exist but...
Gratitude: the single most important team behaviour

Gratitude: the single most important team behaviour

There are two types of people. People with gratitude, and people without it. To maintain a healthy organisation you need to populate it with the former and consciously stoke their capacity for thankfulness. People with gratitude find the good in every circumstance,...
Establishing values? Be more Marmite.

Establishing values? Be more Marmite.

There’s a philosophy in sales, that you want to get to “No” quickly. Why, when we’re all about positives, success and optimism? Because there’s nothing more time wasting and morale sapping than a slow no. Your values are your core...