John Ainley: Don’t let your mind talk yourself down
If you were helping a child who said they weren’t very good at something how would you respond? You would probably offer support and encourage them to think about the activity in a different way and not let it define them as a person. So why do many of us allow...
Jill Pett: Do you ‘walk the walk’?
I once went to a retirement dinner for the CEO of a well known blue chip UK business. You might have expected his top table to be crammed with other senior movers and shakers from his industry, however far from it. On one side of him he had the door attendant who’d...
Becky Falkingham: The rise and rise of the nurturing CEO
A majority of the CEOs I work with have a more nurturing style of leadership than the more traditional command and control approach that many associate with business leaders. And no, it’s nothing to do with gender. One of the CEOs I’m currently working with is a woman...
