Category: Thought for Today

Thought for today: ‘Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing. ‘ — Tom Peters #thoughtfortoday #management #leadership #workshops #TomPeters I am heading into a four week period of intense activity around training and workshops. Most are team, management and leadership related. And thanks to technology and a lockdown, the clients…

Thought for today: ‘The truly free man is he who knows how to decline a dinner invitation without giving an excuse.’ — Jules Renard #thoughtfortoday #declinegracefully #noexcuse #justsayno It took me a long time to learn to say “no” effectively. Not rudely, abruptly or with malintent. Just understanding that saying “no” was sometimes in my…

Thought for today: ‘Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden.’ — Gaius Julius Phaedrus #thoughtfortoday #trust #paranoia #suspicion #Phaedrus I have that feeling. I am worried about paranoia or unwarranted suspicion. Something happened this week which has made my…

Thought for today:   ‘So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work. ‘   — Peter Drucker   #thoughtfortoday #management #obstruction #inefficiency #PeterDrucker   Who is/was the best manager you ever worked for?   Who is/was the worst?   They say good people leave bad managers more…

Thought for today: ‘Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.’ — Eleanor Roosevelt #thoughtfortoday #feel #therightthing #authenticity #gowithyourgut Every so often, like yesterday, a client will ask, “What should I do?” And I cannot answer directly. I enjoy the process of working with CEOs to help…

Thought for today:   ‘You manage things; you lead people.’   — Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper   #thoughtfortoday #manage #things #lead #people   The last week or two I have done a lot of coaching of CEOs, mostly International.   And in those sessions, people management has come up repeatedly.   So I share…

Thought for today: ‘Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.’ — Aldous Huxley #thoughtfortoday #facts #ignored #exist #AldousHuxley What is a fact? I know this seems an odd question to ask. But… what is a fact? How do you know a fact is, in fact, a fact. Perhaps overwhelming evidence? This thought…

Thought for today:   ‘I don’t aspire to be like other drivers – I aspire to be unique in my own way.’   — Lewis Hamilton   #thoughtfortoday #aspire #unique #impossibledream #LewisHamilton   “Yes! Get in Lewis.”   So said Peter ‘Bono’ Bonnington.   My thoughts today are with Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton, seven times…

Thought for today:   ‘Those who believe without reason cannot be convinced by reason.’   — James Randi   #thoughtfortoday #belief #reason #convincing #JamesRandi   One of my clients this week bemoaned his partner’s inability to understand his position.   His partner’s position, he deemed, was based on flawed belief.   So naturally, he had…

Thought for today: ‘Cooking and baking is both physical and mental therapy.’ — Mary Berry #thoughtfortoday #cooking #baking #therapy #MaryBerry Such an apt quote from one of the doyens of British baking, and original Great British Bake Off judge. For me, after a long day of working with people and their lives, there is nothing…