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What’s The Story?

Posted on24. Aug, 2010 by Paul Andrew.

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Great leaders have long understood the power of stories. A well-told story can achieve what operations manuals, mission statements, KPI’s and staff meetings rarely do. Renowned business author and speaker Tom Peters, in his book Leadership, said “A key – perhaps THE key – to leadership is the effective communication of a story”. That’s a [...]

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Bottleneck

Posted on16. Jul, 2010 by Paul Andrew.

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What if one person, one department, or one process was seriously limiting the impact of your whole organisation? What if growth wasn’t so much about turning up the water, as it was about getting the kink out of the hose? What if the pressure you felt was largely created by the significant difference between the [...]

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Leading Without Emptying The Ocean

Posted on29. Jun, 2010 by Paul Andrew.

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I read some very disturbing scientific research recently that you might have read too. The conclusion of the widely publicised project was that 90% of the species we fish for today will be wiped out by 2048 until fishing practices change. With an eightfold increase in commercial demand for fish since 1950 the report found [...]

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Burn Your Boats

Posted on17. Jun, 2010 by Paul Andrew.

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When Alexander the Great arrived on the shores of Persia his army was overwhelmingly outnumbered. Yet he gave the orders to his men to burn the boats. As their only means of retreat went up in flames, legend has it that Alexander turned to his men and said, “We go home in Persian ships, or [...]

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Label Maker

Posted on25. May, 2010 by Paul Andrew.

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The label maker is a versatile device. Saviour of kids’ belongings that would otherwise disappear at school. Stalwart of office filing systems. It can categorise, declare ownership, explain purpose, give instructions for use, even declare value. The label is a powerful thing. But I’ve noticed that labels switch from helpful to harmful when we use [...]

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What’s Your Leadership Footprint?

Posted on11. May, 2010 by Paul Andrew.

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In more recent years we’ve become aware that every person, every company, leaves a mark on our natural environment. Increasingly we’re being forced to consider issues like our “carbon footprint” which are very tangible ways of measuring the extent to which we damage the earth as we go about life and business. That footprint was [...]

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Airbrushes, Avatars and Authenticity

Posted on12. Apr, 2010 by Paul Andrew.

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Airbrushes Have you ever seen how much editing is done to the photos of models before they appear on the cover of a magazine? The contrast between the before and after shots is astonishing. In the hands of a graphic designer just about every imperfection can be fixed. Got wrinkles? Nothing a little Photoshop airbrushing [...]