Summer Reading
I am on holiday now. My main challenge has become producing daily picnics for large numbers of teenagers in Scotland! There was a feature on BBC breakfast this morning about what your holiday reading...
View ArticleStart a debate
“Dialogue without difference is pointless.” I wrote that down fast when the chair of a Strategic Health Authority in the UK said it to me the other day. What’s the point in talking things through with...
View ArticleCutting through the noise in Davos
In amongst all the noise from Davos – and I’m only concerned that there is so much to listen to that people will switch off – but it is lovely to hear from a banker in this film who actually did do a...
View ArticleLeadership is not about talking ‘closed shop’
This week I read an article by Robert Bruce in Financial Director that highlighted the need for some plain speaking honesty from financial directors. It really hit the nail on the head for me when I...
View ArticleMaking Good Society? Some ingredients are missing.
Making Good Society is the final report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Future of Civil Society in the UK and Ireland, published by the Carnegie UK Trust this month. I think the report speaks to...
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Mentoring leaders beyond belief
When I was 29 and full of ideas for Common Purpose I met Anita Roddick for tea at the Meridian Hotel in Piccadilly, London. She had no idea who I was. I had begged a friend of a friend to introduce us....
View ArticleLeaders through the lens
So the first of the great televised debates for the top political job in the UK takes place tonight, and I am wondering which lens we should all be watching it through… Shall we focus on what these...
View ArticleBoard of forgotten diversity
There is a lot of discussion and commentary at the moment in the UK about boards and governance following the Financial Reporting Council’s publication of the UK Corporate Governance Code (formerly the...
View ArticleWhat will you do to see the world differently?
The 360 Day approaches. For so many leaders, Common Purpose provides an opportunity to see the world through other people’s eyes so it’s great that the Common Purpose 360 Day should challenge people to...
View ArticleLeaders set a challenge with heart
Yesterday we had the first Advisory Group meeting of Dishaa: a new initiative for future leaders in the UK and India. The Advisory Group for this initiative includes senior leaders from both countries...
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