This podcast features Keith Johnston, who is co-author of, in my opinion, one of the most powerful and influential books on organisational change written in the last 10 years. The book is titled Simple Habits for Complex Times and his…
The term “psychological safety” is not new. Amy Edmundson was the first to use this term, when she wrote a landmark paper in 1995. Since then, its use has become widespread. Perhaps the biggest factor contributing to the common use…
The Case for Leadership Development post COVID-19 Building leadership has never been as important as it is now. The primary reason is that right now, anxiety is universally high. Most of us can confess to feeling more anxious, and we…
Power and Emotion – It’s a Personal Thing We all struggle from time to time with our power and our emotions. Unfortunately, no one is exempt from this. There are always ways we can improve our approach and help ourselves…
Power and Emotion – It Can Hurt Others Let’s talk more about the various ways we might actually behave when we are using our power to distance ourselves from uncomfortable feelings. Research from the Diamond Power Index helps us answer that question.…
Power and Emotion – What’s the Focus? The big problem with focusing on ourselves, as we have described in our previous blog, is that certain important capabilities begin to be eroded. Research has shown that when feelings of power are…
Power and Emotion – When We Choose Wrong When we buy feelings of power by exercising our freedoms in an unhelpful way, we tend to become more self-conscious, and more orientated to ourselves than others. Let’s unpack this just a…
Power and Emotion – Choose RIGHT I’m proposing that in general, we make an action choice between two options to help ourselves feel better. For one option we act by drawing from any rank that we might have in that…
Power and Emotion – What's the Connection? There’s a strong connection between power and emotion. Our moment by moment experience of power is primarily an emotional one. The “effect” relating to power could be understood as a continuum between feelings…
CRAP! Communication There are four main aspects to CRAP! Communication. Each letter represents a dysfunctional communication pattern that creates problems in working and personal relationships. Have a quick read so you can avoid them! C is for calling names. This…
