I often get asked why I became a coach and why I am so passionate about resilience. My story is a personal one, and one I am always happy...

This week sees the launch of my and Emma Hossack’s ‘Resilient PARTNERS’ Team Development Programme, a programme that will develop both...

A number of years ago when I was a Sales Manager in the UK & Ireland Pharmaceutical Industry I gained an appointment with the new General...

There's a lot written about self managed teams so I have deliberately kept this blog short just to get you thinking about whether self...

Step1: Provide Structure. There are huge assumptions made by organisations as to how capable their team leaders / managers are in terms...

if your team is going to be as resilient as is possible then one of the key factors to ensuring this is to ensure that levels of trust...

Cross functional teamworking is not new as many industries have been working in this fashion for many years. For industries like...

I have had numerous conversations with team managers over the last few months and whilst some have been really positive in terms of what...

It is well known that one of the key factors in building team resilience is that of ensuring that trust is strong, not only within the...

Give a new team a task and what do you think they do? The chances are very high that they will immediately 'dive into task' in terms of...

This is the first of a short series of blogs looking at the various barriers to resilience in teams and in this first blog I want to...

Resilience is now being taken seriously within organisations and thankfully HR and OD functions are starting recognise that resilience...

I developed the 'Diamond-Motivation' model many years ago after studying numerous theories of motivation as well as being fortunate...

Cover these 10 steps and watch the resilience and performance of your team grow and develop into a true high performance team. Assess: A...

It's funny (but I suppose expected given recent and present events) that the term resilience has come to the fore in Organisational...

If you are a team manager or team leader then make sure you avoid the following mistakes when looking to lead your team to high...

Motivation is a subject that is constantly on the lips of team managers and team members and it is a subject that usually confuses more...

Teamwork – The Need for Team Champions It has been a real frustration of mine over the years that many organisations do not take teamwork...

You can basically divide the reasons as to why Team Managers can be seen to 'avoid' developing their teams in to two key areas: Lack of...

I remember a time when I was leading a team and we were going through some tough times. It was a time when we all had to pull together...