It's now well into August and so the Edinburgh Festivals are in full swing. Taking place annually every August, there are multiple...

I was watching a funny video earlier this week, roasting the current crop of Alpha Male Influencers - some of whom are household names...

Its been a few weeks since my last blog and you can take from that the fact that I've been very much enjoying my summer! The weather has...

It’s easy to assume that the hallmark of a high-performing team is harmony. That when things are going well, conflict is rare, everyone...

On my birthday, my wife and I went to the cinema to see The Salt Path, the film adaptation of the 2018 book of the same name by Raynor...

Have you ever worked with a leader whose primary mode of operation seemed to be finding what’s wrong? You know the type. After a team...

Lately I've ben catching up with a number of friends and former colleagues who are facing the looming spectre of redundancy, some through...

I'm ok with the word failure, when it comes to myself. I recognise that for a lot of people, there's a preference towards reframing...

It's been a really busy few weeks, so much so that I've not had the chance to sit down and write a blog for a fortnight, but fear not -...

Autonomy is a common topic in leadership development, driven by the fact that it's one of the pillars of intrinsic motivation, as...

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...

The relentless consumption of autobiographies about members of Elvis Presley's family continues apace in the world of Matt Davies! Don't...

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...

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....

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...

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...

Last week, news sites were full of articles and videos covering the story of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson who was murdered in the...

December is a busy time of year! All of the normal things that take place across the year, still happen in December; work, family,...

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...

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...