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Hope is Not a Strategy

This article talks about how to use hope as a noun and not a verb when it comes to your vision and strategy.

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You Need to Rest

This article explores the different types of rest and how they might help you feel better and more productive.

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How Much Is Your Time Worth?

This article provides some food for thought, around the value of your time, how you can best use it, and some bonus thoughts around offices and collaboration.

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Are You Ready To Change?

You’ll go through various phases when you’re looking at changing something - this piece discusses a model to assess where you are and where you might go next.

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Asking for Help

Asking for help isn’t a sign of weakness. Here are some suggestions of people you might want to approach.

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When Not to Coach

I’ve previously explored coaching as a style of leadership and in this article I examine when that might not be the best approach, and offer some alternative options.

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Influencing Change

This article describes how you can approach influencing change in your organization from a practical perspective.

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Bore-out vs Burnout

Boredom can be as much of a killer as burnout - this article explores the idea of bore-out, and how to watch out for it and potentially address it.

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A New Model for Leadership

In this article I round up a holistic view of the skills needed to be a well-rounded effective leader. This includes links to all of the pieces written about the individual subject areas over the previous couple of years.

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Big Picture Thinking

This article explores how to expand your thinking beyond your immediate context, to the organization, the business, and even further than that..

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