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...
Three ways to keep building your values muscles

Three ways to keep building your values muscles

Here’s the snag with values. They are like muscles. If you don’t keep up the work, they start to shrink and shrivel. Here are three ways you can keep them strong. 1. Having agreed a genuine, wholehearted organisational culture set, enshrine it everywhere...
Grow, and grow others: how Ubuntu shapes culture

Grow, and grow others: how Ubuntu shapes culture

A great culture gives people the support to grow, and the desire to support the growth of those around them. This concept goes far back in the culture of Africa and is known as Ubuntu. Nelson Mandela explained it as: “Ubuntu does not mean people should not...