Leader Manager Operator

Recognising modes – Operator Mode, Manager Mode, Leader Mode – being at your best and staying in touch with what you really care about. Modes – Future Engage Deliver (FED) principles for leadership development.

27 January, 2014

Is being busy a way of staying comfortable?

I’ve asked a number of people this year how 2014 has started off for them and the reply…

8 July, 2013

Do you have an Ivan in your life?

I am so so thrilled for Andy Murray at last winning Wimbledon – tears were shed by a…

7 May, 2013

Flexing your Modes…..

This week we are sharing with you a link to a great article spotted by one of the…
8 April, 2013

Leadership research that made me smile

I don’t often have a laugh when I’m reading about leadership. But I did smile when I read…

17 December, 2012

Release your inner hairdresser – the five ‘R’s to enjoying greater happiness at work

The people who are happiest at work are gardeners and florists followed by hairdressers and plumbers according to…

8 October, 2012

Beware where you let off steam!

Years ago, every morning around 8am, I and the other managers at a sausage factory in Manchester would…

10 October, 2011

Tell (yourself) fewer stories: here’s why.

My post a few weeks ago encouraged us to tell more stories. This time round I want to…

11 July, 2011

How does your daily behaviour encourage creativity and engage people?

A friend of mine who used to work for an advertising agency was telling me the other day…

4 July, 2011

Who are you choosing to be?

A key insight for me from Future Engage Deliver has been that of choice, in particular choosing between…

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