Remove the barriers
So often when we try to engage people with a new idea, or sell a new product or even launch a movement, we’re so wrapped up in making our idea awesome that we forget to consider the barriers that might...
View ArticleBe the change
We don’t like change. We say we do. We say things like “a change is as good as a holiday”, but we don’t mean it. Just try puting “change” in a staff member’s remuneration package in place of their...
View ArticleThe matrix is everywhere
Of course, it’s not exactly the Matrix Morpheus prophesied about in the movie of the same name, but it is just as insidious and just as invisible. Human beings just love a bit of self delusion. It’s...
View ArticleWhy we need more lazy employees
Diligent employees are great, they tend to be at the top of our employee wish list. Oh how we long for self sufficient employees… finding them is like winning corporate lotto. They are the backbones of...
View ArticleInfluence: How to argue
One of the principle problems we face in an argument is that we get caught up in a “win at all costs” mindset. In other words, our survival brain takes over and we become driven by protecting territory...
View ArticleThe importance of women on top
Our political and economic thought leaders are constantly lecturing us on the need to engage with the incredibly important emerging economies. Yet there is an global economy that exceeds them all in...
View ArticleDesign Beats Discipline
Too often in our attempts to drive change in our organisations, our selves or our communities, or in an attempt to lift the performance of our teams, we tend to resort to things like discipline and...
View ArticleStart with WIIFM?
Simon Sinek’s “Start with Why” is an extraordinary book that explores how meaning and purpose can drive human beings to lift their game and amplify buy in well beyond simple incentive based motivation....
View ArticleWhy mental flexibility beats mental toughness
Leaders and management consultants often try to invoke a spirit of mental toughness in their employees and audiences. And certainly, a measure of persistence and resilience is a good thing and...
View ArticleSwim with the current
One of the advantages of growing up on a huge island in the South Pacific – Terra Australis – is that you learn to be a little more ocean savvy than much of the rest of the world. Swimming in the ocean...
View ArticleWhy leaders need to think Selfish, Scared & Stupid
By Dan Gregory & Kieran Flanagan Originally published by CEO Magazine http://blogs.the-ceo-magazine.com/guest/why-leaders-need-think-selfish-scared-stupid Today leaders are largely defined by two...
View ArticleGen Ys and Millennials: ‘They Might Be Right’
by Dan Gregory & Kieran Flanagan Originally published with SUCCESS http://www.success.com/article/gen-ys-and-millennials-they-might-be-right The Gen Y and millennial generations have been harshly...
View ArticleWhy an enemy can be good for business
by Dan Gregory & Kieran Flanagan Originally published with The CEO Magazine http://blogs.the-ceo-magazine.com/danandkieran/why-enemy-good-business The self-help industry and the associated cult of...
View Article7 ways to lead people that don’t want to be led
Stop obsessing over how things get done. Worry more about what gets done. BY Dan Gregory & Kieran Flanagan Originally published with SUCCESS Leadership used to be a top-down, pyramid-style...
View ArticleRethinking the S.W.O.T. Analysis
BY Dan Gregory & Kieran Flanagan Originally published with The CEO Magazine Anyone who’s sat through a strategic workshop at anytime during the past decade will be familiar with the SWOT analysis....
View ArticleIs Self-Help making you feel worse?
By Dan Gregory & Kieran Flanagan Originally published with SUCCESS Isn’t personal development or self-help meant to inspire us so that we can make our lives better? It’s supposed to motivate us,...
View ArticleWhen the facts get in the way of our opinions
By Dan Gregory How do we know something is, in fact, a fact, or even THE facts, or just an opinion we’ve held so long we’re unprepared to give it up? Just as importantly, are those we look to engage...
View ArticleNeed to versus want to
by Dan Gregory One of the things that has human beings turning to motivational literature in their multitudes is the difference between “Need to” and “Want to”. Typically, want to doesn’t require a lot...
View ArticleResilience is no longer enough
By Kieran Flanagan Resilience has become the word of the moment. How many times have you heard this conversation? We’re facing a lot of change. We really need our people to be more resilient....
View ArticleHow to move from story telling to “story-doing”
by Dan Gregory It’s hard to argue against the power story telling wields as a tool of influence and persuasion. However, a more powerful tool is Story Doing. Indeed, story telling is one of the oldest...
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