by Greg Mitchell | Feb 23, 2018 | Leadership
One of my coaching clients mentioned to me the other day that he was working on some “anti-goals”. Rather than focusing on what he wants to achieve in his personal and professional life, he’s finding it more helpful to make a list of what...
by Greg Mitchell | Feb 21, 2018 | Leadership
On at least three separate occasions over the last couple of weeks I’ve had clients make comments to me along those lines, and it’s frankly getting annoying. Please don’t tell me “She’s great at her job [Finance Manager by the way],...
by Greg Mitchell | Oct 5, 2017 | Culture
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team model (above) was developed by Patrick Lencioni, author of the best-selling book of the same name and founder and president of The Table Group, a US-based management consulting firm. The model, drawn from Lencioni’s...
by Greg Mitchell | Sep 4, 2017 | Culture
Have you ever wondered why it’s the “good” people in your organisation who move on – yet the “dead wood” effectively quit and stay? Recognising and rewarding talent in your organisation – and engaging those people so that they want to...
by Greg Mitchell | Aug 11, 2017 | Leadership
I’m sure we’ve all had the experience at one time or another of seeing apparently sound decisions fall apart at the point of implementation, or otherwise proceed but result in unintended consequences. This can of course happen in connection with any...