The courage to decide We make decisions just about every moment of our lives so you think we’d be brilliant at it. As leaders for sure we are expected to be superb. So why is it that decision making comes up so often when we are working with teams? Unpacking this one usually reveals aRead more
Setting the standard on trust For a number of years now public trust in our institutions and organisations has been on a very slippery slope, hurtling downwards. The descent was accelerated by the global financial crisis of 2008. And whilst trust is central to our work at azzur given its fundamental role in healthy, vibrantRead more
To serve. To lead ‘The servant-leader is servant first. It begins with the natural feeling to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead.’ Robert K Greenleaf Service often gets confused with servitude – which is a state where we have handed over our power to another. In fact trueRead more
A reflection on the power of ‘F’ words I’ve been reflecting a lot on ‘F’ words over the past few weeks. No, not the obvious one but a couple of others that are even more powerful. I’m talking about faith and fear – they’re interrelated and the former is almost certainly an antidote to theRead more
Applying to be enabler in chief The remake of 1980s sci-fi classic Blade Runner reminds us that we can’t really know what the future will look like bearing in mind that original film was set in a future that is just two years from now and depicts a world we won’t be living in comeRead more
One team – a new perspective Teams, or more particularly groups of people working together, exist in every corner of life and in every profession within our work life. Undoubtedly we will all have been part of a team building or team development activity at some point in our lives perhaps with varying degrees ofRead more
Leadership that rings true One of the many challenges leaders face is convincing others they’re being genuine, ensuring their words and actions consistently ring true. Some recent high profile examples show how difficult this is. Consider…President Trump’s initial response to the tragedy in Las Vegas against his backstory of support for the US gun lobby.Read more
The power of achieving balance between opposing forces ‘I choose the way that leads between the two great lines of force’ One of the things worth considering as we seek to achieve the inner quality of presence has to do with where our attention is focused. In the world as it is today it isRead more
Future leader DNA For many organisations transformational change historically only happened when there was a really powerful ‘burning platform’ connected to strategy, money and/or survival. However we are in a different era now where crises, changes, new directions, new capabilities, innovations and so on are an almost daily factor and the nature of change isRead more