by Chris Mackel | Sep 29, 2022 | Attitude, Emotional intelligence, Fear, Leadership, Self Awareness, Springboard, Teams, Unlock Potential
When you were at school did you dread those moments of team selection for an afternoon of sport? The time when two gifted players had been singled out by the teacher, told to pick a team, and then given alternative choices to pick from the huddle in front of them. As...
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 22, 2022 | Attitude, Emotional intelligence, Goal setting, Leadership, Self Awareness, Springboard, Unlock Potential
Vince Lombardi, the great American sports coach once wrote: “Hi, the guy at the top of the mountain didn’t just land there!”. To those who have done any hill walking or mountaineering this statement is one of the blindingly obvious! The mountain top is only...
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,...
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