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14 Rules of leadership

14 Rules of leadership

One of the most common questions I get asked through my management and HR consulting business is how to become a leader. In this post and video I’ll share some ideas, from my perspective, of what makes a great leader. These are the ideas, or you could call them

Hire Slowly - 10 reasons why rushing is a mistake

Hire Slowly - 10 reasons why rushing is a mistake

I read some LinkedIn posts recently stating that the best way to hire people when your company is growing is to “Hire Fast, Fire Fast”. I don’t agree. I believe it’s bettet to hire slowly – and I’ll explain why. Plenty of people jumped into the comments supporting

How to be effective AND liked

How to be effective AND liked

In this article and video I will share how to be effective AND liked. Have you ever worked with someone who is uber productive and effective, but they leave a trail of human devastation behind them? They get the job done, but they are disliked. Have you also ever worked

10 Behaviours of Effective Employees

10 Behaviours of Effective Employees

I am so excited to share with you the 10 behaviours of effective employees (at least as I’ve discovered). Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people. - Steve Jobs, Entrepreneur and Business Owner Every manager dreams of having

The Rule of 150 - Dunbars Number and business growth

The Rule of 150 - Dunbars Number and business growth

The Rule of 150, or Dunbar’s Number is a suggestion that there is an upper limit to the number of connections humans can make before communication and relationships break down. As a company scales and grows it becomes increasingly tricky to maintain good communication and connections between people and

The Blazingly Simple Guide to turn around a team

The Blazingly Simple Guide to turn around a team

In this guide I explain how to turn around a team. Essentially, this guide is about turning around a failing or fledgling team (or growing a new team) in just 6 months. This could be turning around a failing team, changing a team’s direction (say from Waterfall to Scrum)