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 7, 2022 | Attitude, Emotional intelligence, Fear, Goal setting, Self Awareness, Teams, Unlock Potential
Some of the conflicting and difficult to reconcile statements made in the recent Tory Party leadership contest, reminded me of a tragic incident some years ago in the USA. The pilot of a fast combat jet on a training mission at low level pulled the controls for a...
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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