In 2010, I wrote an article for BQ Magazine in which I drew attention to the impending redundancy rollercoaster that was facing many of the UK’s businesses and public sector services. In this article, the main concern I raised was that so many people seemed intent on pumping money and emotion into supporting the individuals who were under threat of losing their jobs. Now, I’m not being heartless, uncaring or cynical … but it’s about time someone stood up…

The Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) has recently published a report entitled, “Creating A Coaching Culture”, which contains some really interesting statistics about this form of learning and development. Here is a brief summary of the main findings:

• Most companies surveyed use coaching as a development tool within their organisation.
• It is mostly middle managers and above who receive coaching.
• Most organisations source…

I have always said that true genuine leaders have a set of behaviours that create the correct environment for effective leadership to happen. This is so obvious to anyone who interacts with a dog on a day-to-day basis, as I do. Put simply, if the dog does not respect or trust the leader, then it is not going to behave appropriately – what could our government leaders learn from this simple lesson?

In May 2010, the UK General Election was the main topic of…