Over recent years I have come to realise that one of the biggest barriers to our success is our own individual health. Much is said today about mental health but some of the mental health problems we experience could be down to not having a good general health regime. Every Read more
When I started advising companies in the late 1990s I quickly came to realise that one of the biggest obstacles to a company’s success lay in the poor health of its workforce (by workforce I mean everybody working in the company) the problems were rarely down to economic conditions. Basically, Read more
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. This saying first appeared in James Howell’s Proverbs in 1659. Dull means bored or boring – neither are traits that we would wish to have attributed to us, but if we spend ever longer hours at work, this proverb probably Read more
Would it be better if we just slowed down a bit? Memory & performance are improved when we travel through life at a slower pace. I use a narrow country lane that is near to my home on a daily basis. I use this lane in my car and my Read more
I visit companies that all have a set of values. In some instances they are not written down and in others companies and organisations put great store in publicly displaying those values they have identified. Whilst I have no evidence to suggest which method is best my gut feeling, having Read more
I recently attended the Drucker Forum in Vienna, the world’s leading management conference which is held in memory of Peter Drucker, who was born in Vienna. Drucker is said to have invented modern management and this years theme of “Management – the human dimension” would have been welcomed by Drucker. Read more