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Freedom in a Framework
Autonomy is a common topic in leadership development, driven by the fact that it's one of the pillars of intrinsic motivation, as...
Matthew Davies
Mar 133 min read
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When Your Values Aren't Your Values
Organisations love to have a set of values! I was reminded of this fact this week by a very amusing sketch from the comedy group...
Matthew Davies
Feb 204 min read
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Honesty as a Virtue
The relentless consumption of autobiographies about members of Elvis Presley's family continues apace in the world of Matt Davies! Don't...
Matthew Davies
Feb 123 min read
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I'm Not Here to Tell You How to Lead
The title of today's blog posts (unlike some of my more opaque ones, where I'm channeling my inner Emo-song-title-writing self) is pretty...
Matthew Davies
Jan 234 min read
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Lonely at the Top
This week, more through luck than planning, I've had the pleasure of speaking to a number of CEOs of small and medium sized businesses....
Matthew Davies
Jan 165 min read
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Eleven Ideas to Start 2025 With a Bang!
Happy New Year to all my readers and I hope that the festive season offered you the opportunity to take some time with friends and loved...
Matthew Davies
Jan 87 min read
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Leadership is a Scam
Every now and then, a coaching client or a delegate on a course or in an event I'm facilitating will say something which is supremely...
Matthew Davies
Dec 18, 20245 min read
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Death of a CEO
Last week, news sites were full of articles and videos covering the story of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson who was murdered in the...
Matthew Davies
Dec 12, 20248 min read
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Showtime!
December is a busy time of year! All of the normal things that take place across the year, still happen in December; work, family,...
Matthew Davies
Dec 5, 20243 min read
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Treat Them
When it comes to running a team of any kind, the leader has to make a decision (either actively or passively) about how he or she will...
Matthew Davies
Nov 28, 20245 min read
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Men's Mental Health
I’ve been working as part of a team at Co-Creation over the last few months, developing their wellbeing offering and it came up in...
Matthew Davies
Nov 21, 20245 min read
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Hurdles
The older we get, the longer we have to observe ourselves and, if we do this effectively, to learn about our own passions and skills, our...
Matthew Davies
Nov 6, 20245 min read
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To The Moon and Back
There has been no blog for a couple of weeks, because it was time for the Davies family annual holiday and this year we spent two...
Matthew Davies
Oct 23, 20245 min read
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Networking
There's been a lot of conversation this week in my world about the importance of networking and building networks and it's a topic which...
Matthew Davies
Oct 3, 20244 min read
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Need to Grow
Before I start, I wanted to share with you the power of AI. For the first time, I decided to use AI to generate a picture to go with my...
Matthew Davies
Sep 26, 20245 min read
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The West Highland Way
As I mentioned in my previous blog, last week I was out of the business, walking the West Highland Way, a 96-mile through-hike which is...
Matthew Davies
Sep 19, 202411 min read
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Hills
It's been a few weeks since my last blog, which is an unusually long gap between posts, but there's been good reason for my absence!...
Matthew Davies
Sep 5, 20245 min read
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Endings
As a coach, something I wrestle with often is endings. Last week, as part of some personal development I'm doing via the Academy of...
Matthew Davies
Aug 14, 20244 min read
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Insight
These last few months I've been on a bit of a tear of listening to rock'n'roll autobiographies. I've found that while I can read books on...
Matthew Davies
Jul 24, 20244 min read
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Vision & Values
This year I've been doing a lot of work with different organisations who have been or are currently going through a process of launching...
Matthew Davies
Jul 10, 20245 min read
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