Still in New Year Mode?
Life is way too short to spend another day at war with yourself – Jillian Michaels. Christmas is a special…
Bridget Jones -The Edge of Failure
Hello Bridget With the new Bridget Jones book, Mad About the Boy (Random Publications) published last month, I thought it…
Quest for Knowledge
Sounds pretty arrogant, but I thought I’d seen it all. My role in leadership and management development had led me…
The Art of Idleness
My mind is racing; I am in a state perpetual list writing. A weary business traveller on the red eye,…
Shakespeare the Social Psychologist
“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players” (As You Like It, Act 11 Scene…
The Cognitive Miser
Picture the scene, it’s the school holidays, I am, to all intent and purpose, highly stressed. I am juggling childcare…
Class, Clarity and Chardonnay
I was led to a YouTube clip today taken from a This Morning tv episode where Katie Hopkins, a woman…
What does it mean to be an “effective leader”?
As a leadership trainer, I am always interested in current thinking on how to be an effective leader. The age…