The Heart, Head And Hands Approach

What are the activities where you use your heart, head and hands? Your heart feels you want to do the specific activity. Your head understands what you are doing. Your ‘hands’ bring something into Read more

The Rewarding Role Approach

There are many ways to do fine work. One approach is for a person to choose to go into role. They may then follow certain rules – guidelines – that they believe are likely Read more

The Managing By Outcomes Approach

Good leaders often focus on managing by outcomes rather than by tasks. They achieve this by doing the following things.

They show people the picture of success;

They invite people to make clear contracts Read more

The Managing Rome Approach

Imagine that you lead a team. Sometimes it may be challenging to manage the centre of your organisation.

Such challenges can come in different forms. If you are going to thrive, however, it Read more

The Making Learning Personal, Practical And Profitable Approach

“The learner learns what the learner wants to learn,” we are told. Good educators often follow this approach when designing educational experiences. They aim to make the learning personal, practical and, in the widest Read more

The Communicating One-To-One, One-To-Few And One-To-Many Approaches

A person’s communication style can play a big part in making or breaking relationships. Later we will explore how to connect with people in one-to-one, one-to-few and one-to-many situations.

Before then, here is a Read more

The Exponential Climb From 7/10 To 10/10 Approach

Many people can find activities in which they can quickly reach 7/10. But then comes the hard part, which is the exponential climb to 10/10.

This is the equivalent of graduating from county champion Read more

The Cottage, Castle And Cathedral Approach

People can choose to work in three places during their lives: the cottage, the castle or the cathedral. Some try all three and then may return to the cottage. Let’s explore these places to Read more

The Cutting Through Crowdedness Approach

Great workers have the ability to cut through crowdedness in the activities where they excel. They can deal with masses of information – and many things happening at once – in situations that may confuse Read more

The Third Alphabet Approach

Imagine you are working with a visionary person. It can be useful to recognise that such people may be on their version of the third alphabet. One Chief Operating Officer explained this in the Read more