Before you make your move, make sure you really understand how the world looks from their side of the table.
No, you don’t need to agree with them, you have to understand your opposition.
Imagine sitting in their seat for a moment. Pretend to hold their values, have their experiences,
Most importantly, consider what it is like to be driving forward their agenda (professional and personal). Read More
When all eyes turn towards you, and the heat is on, make sure you don’t take it personally.
I totally applaud those who step up and take responsibility.
Those are the people who will go far.
Provided that in so doing, they don’t take things too personally.
For anyone doing great things, it is inevitable that the disturbance will create ripples, and some of those may not be very pleasant. Read More
Avoiding playing it dirty is not only possible, it is easy - when you know how.
Most people naively believe that if you want to get on, you have to play the politics, and beat others at their own game.
It certainly looks that way doesn’t it!
The way many senior teams fight, intimidate, bully. Doing whatever it takes to win. Read More
If you don’t do politics...
...you are either naive, stupid or negligent.
Well, I suppose you might also be lacking in ambition or simply can’t be bothered.
Whatever, attempting to deny the reality that workplace politics surrounds everything you do, or avoiding engaging in politics is madness.
And, destined to failure.
Why? Read More
Virtually all data presented today is biased towards the presenter’s agenda. This bias manifests in selective data, convenient data contexts, opinion masquerading as data and narrative delivered as objective fact.
Which is a major problem when you need to make a decision based on that data.
Read MoreLife is complicated enough without us making it more so.
While I strongly advocate simplicity, it frequently eludes me in my own work. Except, when I’m coaching.
Yesterday was a prime example of this. My client all-but slapped his forehead as yet another simple concept landed. Concepts that he already knew and accepted, but had been buried in the maelstrom of confusion, distraction and stress.
Which is why I love my work as a coach so much. Being that independent outsider ready, willing, and able, to reflect back the blindingly obvious to help people make significant and effortless shifts in their thinking and progress.
So, stimulated by the last few coaching calls, here are nine simple ideas that can help you to become more influential without too much effort or energy. Read More
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