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There are two threads running on LinkedIn . One from older workers who have been made redundant and cannot get another job, the other from recently qu...

We thought it would never stop. The amazing human ability to believe things go on forever. 

 Humans have to believe in a future. Since thinking got i...

 It’s always tempting, when you are looking for someone to fill a gap in your senior leadership team, to look at the skills you need today. You write ...

Some of the questions we ask in the Defy Expectations Leadership Assessment look at how comfortable people are doing reading and research during th...

Does this sound like your business?  Does this sound like your problem?

• We have a long-term strategy
• We have a plan for the year
• We have a good o
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Honest feedback is really important, it allows you to grow both personally and professionally if you listen to it properly and act on it, but it’s muc...

Remember that from school? Sit there, listen, write some things down, take an exam or two and you’ll learn. Generations of children muddled their way ...

There are endless lists of the characteristics of a great business leader. A lot of them add up to someone you are never likely to meet because they d...

How frail is our digital world?  Do you ever think about the risk to your business?

The Electric car looks like a great idea. It has all sorts of ben...

One of the things I love about our clients is how they expand your knowledge in ways you were not expecting.  Thanks to one of them, I have learnt a g...

You’ve had a great team awayday or two. Everyone left fired up and enthusiastic to do the things that they committed to. The reason for the awayday wa...

At the end of large and complex projects there should be a full review so that success can be celebrated and lessons learnt from both success and f...