The teams and people with whom I work are always very interested in mindfulness and innovation and the relevance of the differences between left and right brain thinking. We also work on understanding meditation and the benefits of being “present” – leading to awareness of our leadership style and its impact on the world around …
Left and right brain thinking – leadership needs both. Read More »
It was just over five years ago I was talking to corporates about employee engagement and ways to engender it. Some interesting strategies on rewards and remuneration were around and some of the incentive or “points” reward systems were in place. In Ireland in particular, high employment meant getting and securing suitable employees was a challenge. …
In 2012 it is widely accepted that Emotional Intelligence gives an advantage in the achievement of “success” and is more important than IQ. This is especially true for Leadership and its importance improves the higher up the organisation an individual goes. From Darwin to the present, most descriptions, definitions and conceptualizations of emotional intelligence have …
Leadership and Emotional Intelligence Development. Read More »
Darwin is famously quoted as saying “It is not the biggest or strongest that survive but those most adaptable to change”. In biological terms its the idea that the organism that best adapts to the environment will survive best and therefore pass on their genes to the next generation. This ideology has been used in most …
Back in the early nineties I was working with Business Process Re-engineering which is still current today if as part of other systems. It laymans terms it was a way of looking at a process within a company – for example how an invoice is processed – and simplifying it so that it takes less …
I am meeting a lot of people who feel helpless to do anything in this economic onslaught. As I say to them – “there is always something you can do” – even small things that get you rolling again. The benefits of high Emotional Intelligence have been well catalogued. Emotional Intelligence accounts for more than …
I lecture at the Kemmy Business School in Limerick in Business Consulting to the postgraduate students in Entrepeneurship. Its a great program that gives budding Entrepreneurs the skills to develop their ideas into profitable businesses with an emphasis on exporting. The course specialises in providing the education and support needed to get the idea to …
Some of the public sector management stories remind me of a something I came across about the battle of Balaclava in 1854. Famous for the charge of the light brigade and “the thin red line” it became a logistical nightmare. While the British soldiers were up to their waists in water and cholera in summer clothes …
The All Black (New Zealand) Rugby team just did a Tour of the Four Home Unions and once again demonstrated their superiority and why they are known as the best team in the world. I think they have a lesson for organisations. They completely dominated the international Matches against strong opposition and as they often …
