Look after your people but ask for everything
You have to create the transformation from the inside, but the opportunities are extraordinary …
Your ego is not your amigo
Open out the dialogue and explore how to try things a different way …
Is it a serious matter for something to commit suicide if it’s already dead?
Make a mindset shift voluntarily before you are forced to make it …
A private letter on why to sidestep the NHS
A real email exchange with one of my clients …
Easy to be right, difficult to be effective
Being right can be counterproductive if it's not used well …
Do you still try to get away with things?
Your team will adjust to your lack of follow through …
If power corrupts, it also reveals
You could discover you have a feeble sycophant amongst your ranks …
Find your colour and nail it to the mast
If you're clear on your purpose everything becomes a potential opportunity …
Stop making sense
We can get something abstractly, but when we really feel it, that’s when we move. …
Remember facts? Not so popular in dentistry
In the absence of facts, you start projecting what you want reality to look like. …
Your opportunity for opportunity
Every time you hear yourself saying, “Sorry, I’m too busy,” let it be a red flag. …
Leaders love big question marks
If you’re running a business you have to accept that things will go wrong. …
What’s your best yardstick?
If you want to help yourself, compare yourself to who you’ve been: yesterday, last month, last year. You know best who that person was. But when you compare yourself to someone else you’re inevitably selective. …
Ask your staff to kill their darlings
In my experience the biggest hindrance to success in business is that people would rather be right than effective. …
