The Clarifying What A Company Can Do, Maybe Can Do And Can’t Do Approach

Imagine that you lead a small company. How can you ensure that it focuses on what it can do brilliantly, rather than spread itself too thinly? This article describes an exercise that can be Read more

The Team Contracting Approach

Imagine you are a team leader. One of your first jobs will be to make a clear working contract with the team.

People must be clear on the responsibilities of both the leader and Read more

The Taking Responsibility Approach

There are many ways to try to understand people. One approach is to focus on the extent to which a person takes responsibility for shaping their future life.

Imagine you are interviewing a Read more

The Strategic Intuition Approach

What is the specific activity in which you have strategic intuition?

You may have this ability when encouraging certain kinds of people, tackling certain kinds of challenges, doing certain kinds of projects or whatever.

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The Sage’s Journey Approach

This post describes one view of the sage’s journey. Read more

S is for Virginia Satir: A Pioneering Family Therapist Who Helped People To Grow

Virginia was one of the pioneers of family therapy. She also created many concepts that have been used to build healthy families, teams and organisations.

She enabled many people to grow. She believed in Read more

A is for Ashoka’s Remarkable Work Supporting Social Entrepreneurs

Ashoka is a pioneering organisation that supports social entrepreneurs across the world. These entrepreneurs aim to improve the quality of peoples’ lives.

They may focus on education, medical care, agriculture, housing, broadcasting or any Read more

S is for Martin Seligman: His Work On Positive Psychology

Martin Seligman is recognised as one of the key figures in the growth of positive psychology. In the video above he gives an introduction to the approach.

His work led to creating the Positive Read more

R is for Tom Rath: His Work On Strengths And Health

Tom has made an enormous contribution to helping people to build on their strengths and also take care of their health.

His books include StrengthsFinder 2.0, Strengths Based Leadership, Wellbeing and Eat Move Sleep: Read more

A is for Thomas Armstrong: His Pioneering Work In Education

Thomas Armstrong has helped thousands of people to find their natural talents. His books are inspiring and also extremely practical. They enable readers to find and develop their intelligences.

Whilst his books often focus Read more