About Steve Radcliffe
Originally from Wigan, in Northern England, I studied at Oxford before being drilled in business at Procter and Gamble. Moving to the US, I became CEO of a division of a multi-national company, before returning to help reorganise the business across Europe.
I then aged 38 packed it all in because I was lucky - I had found what I wanted to do and who I wanted to be. And that is a great partner, guide, coach, challenger, insight-bringer to leaders who are up to something.
The journey has been brilliant. I have met some truly inspiring people - some in board rooms, some in Whitehall and Downing Street, some in charities and schools.
At home in Hampshire, my leadership challenge alongside Sharron is learning to be a great parent to 3 lively teenagers! Tennis, supporting Wigan Athletic and my landscape photography help keep me fit and sane.
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Steve Radcliffe
9 January 2012
I hope you start the year recharged after a good break. I always use the start of a year to pause and think a little about how I’d like to grow this year. It might seem a bit odd but I find it is very powerful to do this by reflecting on what a nurse, [...]
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29 August 2011
How can so many people in leadership positions be so dim?? To me, the logic for success for most organisations is simple: the organisation will succeed through the performance of its people so they need to be engaged rather than talked at, and a major part of what people want to be engaged in is [...]
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22 August 2011
It’s official. Building Big Relationships is a key aspect of outstanding leadership. We have been spreading this message for years and now it’s a key finding in The Work Foundation’s research into outstanding leadership. They write: Outstanding leadership depends on trusting and positive relationships that are built over time for the long-term benefit of the [...]
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15 August 2011
Here is the second big finding from The Work Foundation research into what’s involved in being an outstanding leader. It brings alive really well one of the key shifts we have to make when we move out of Operator/Manager into our Leader Mode, the shift from a focus on the task to a focus [...]
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8 August 2011
I was chuffed to bits recently when I came across some research by the highly respected Work Foundation into what’s involved in outstanding leadership. I was delighted because the summary is that outstanding leaders do FED really well! So in the next few weeks, I’ll pull a few findings from the research to give you [...]
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6 June 2011
FED is on a roll! In the last few weeks, we have explored the wonderful world of leadership with hundreds of engineers, doctors, civil servants, lawyers, marketeers and on and on. The book is still the number one leadership book on Amazon. And now it’s become the most highly recommended business book there with 101 [...]
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23 May 2011
I’ve just written the attached article for The Manager, the magazine for all football managers in the land – yea, I’m in no doubt that a good dose of FED could work wonders for many of them!! In writing it, it struck me that football managers are often a great example of something we see [...]
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11 April 2011
I had an idea on the train the other day. We’re really chuffed with the consistently great feedback on FED and that the book, Leadership Plain and Simple, is still the number one leadership book on Amazon UK of the 164,882 currently offered! However, there has never been any media coverage of the book so [...]
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4 January 2011
So what are you looking forward to this year? Where are you going to direct your energies? Not surprisingly, I would say that your answer starts with you being in touch with what you care about, what really matters to you. Like the rest of us, you’re going to get 365 days to play with [...]
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18 October 2010
Last week Sharron and I had a great break in Jordan. While I was there, I texted our son, Alex, and later said to Sharron that I hadn’t heard back. She said ‘did you ask a question? Because if you didn’t he won’t reply. He’ll just think you’re sending information.’ It’s the same for us [...]
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