Colin Gautrey

When the Heat is On

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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

How to Avoid Playing it Dirty

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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

Engaging in the Dark Arts

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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.

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Do You Trust the Data?

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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.

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Curiosity and the Necessary Evil of Office Politics

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When you hear the term "Office Politics" how do you react? Do you shrink away and try to avoid the topic? Even if you don't like it, you cannot dodge it if you want to be successful (in any way you care to define it). So, how can you adopt the optimum attitude so that you can embrace it constructively? Quite simple: get curious...

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The Common Obstacles to Greater Progress

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The Influence to Thrive Model aims to take people above and beyond their current trajectory and put them on the fast-track to greater accomplishment, whatever that means to them. Some will be driving for financial success. Others far more orientated to fulfilling contribution. The way you define success in your life does not alter the efficacy of the model - it works regardless of your goal. As you start to dig deeper into this model, in my experience it helps to prioritise your time and energy into removing the barriers or roadblocks to faster progress. Here are some of the common obstacles I encounter when working with my private coaching clients. Read More

What to Do When Power Corrupts Your World

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“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Lord Action

Only history will prove if we are at a point in time right now where absolute power is absolutely corrupting.

Unable to divine what is fact, fiction or fake, on so many high-consequence matters, many would be forgiven for believing that we are at that point, total domination of corrupt power.

However, it is always a matter of degree, and always a very personal viewpoint. Read More

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