Until this point I have been pretty vocal about my belief that “management” is the wrong word to use. Leadership is more about empowering them to figure out how to solve problems themselves, through good recruitment, training and ultimately through equipping them with the right tools to do the job too. As such it’s my

When I was growing up one of the people the whole nation looked up to was David Beckham. He was England captain and an all-round handsome bloke. Let’s face it, the man could do no wrong, well except for a little blip with a red card. Yet despite being the talisman for a nation, David

What now… did I just tell you not to work hard? No. What I said was don’t be the person that stays late, that doesn’t mean that you should work hard! It’s a common misconception that working hard means working long hours; it doesn’t. In a similar vein it’s also commonly felt that qualifications signal

When trying to conduct your employees (see my earlier chapter on conducting vs managing) one of the best things you can do to promote growth in your organisation is to detail where you’re going and why but to leave the “how” up to the employee. If the employee isn’t capable of figuring out the how,

It’s interesting to me that as I write this, I work in a business that does not value its staff above all else. There’s lots of business rhetoric out there about valuing people, Richard Branson is one of the foremost in this area but I want to delve into it a little bit more to

As your company grows there’s a huge temptation to become a figure head for the business. That means that every time there’s an important announcement you’re the one to make it, but as companies grow the role of a figure head can in effect become less important than you think. People often make the mistake