by Chris Mackel | Sep 21, 2022 | Attitude, Emotional intelligence, Influence, Leadership, Self Awareness
On Tuesday September 13th I had the opportunity to queue with thousands of others in bright autumn sunshine in Edinburgh to pay my respects to our late Queen Elizabeth II. The queue moved quickly, was well managed, multi-cultural and good natured. The atmosphere...
by Chris Mackel | Aug 16, 2022 | Attitude, Business opportunity, Emotional intelligence, Influence, Leadership, Self Awareness, Teams, Unlock Potential
We often mistake a group for a team. What is the difference? What makes an effective winning team is that the members will work selflessly for each other and for the team’s objectives. A team like this can consistently out perform what is in effect simply a group of...
by Chris Mackel | Aug 1, 2022 | Adding value, Attitude, Emotional intelligence, Fear, Goal setting, Influence, Leadership, Self Awareness, Teams, Unlock Potential
It was Martha Jane Cannary (better known as Calamity Jane) who remarked “If a girl wants to be a legend she should go ahead and be one.” The England woman’s football team certainly proved the truth of the statement made by a pioneering...
by Chris Mackel | Jul 25, 2022 | Attitude, Emotional intelligence, Influence, Leadership, Self Awareness, Teams, Unlock Potential
Douglas McGregor, writing over 60 years ago in his pioneering book “The Human Side of Enterprise”, stated that “Most teams are not teams at all, but merely collections of individual relationships with the boss. Each individual vying with the other for power,...
by Chris Mackel | Jul 18, 2022 | Attitude, Emotional intelligence, Influence, Leadership, Self Awareness
Above are two very different woman – both sadly now dead. One a Royal Princess, the daughter of an Earl, the former wife of the UK’s heir apparent, mother to two royal sons, who spent most of her adult life moving in the circles of the rich and famous pursued by the...
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