In this episode Wilma and I are talking about what makes it hard - or easy - for people to open up about their vulnerabilities and about some of the differences in the ways men and women experience this challenge...

I'm not a great fan of tv.  I spend more time reading than watching tv but every now and again something comes along that grabs my attention. The first series of 'Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams' was both enjoyable and moving.  The second series is even better...

'More Shakespeare', I hear you intone. I see you rolling your eyes. But you know how much I love The Bard and I'm guessing you wouldn't be reading my newsletters if you didn't enjoy my regular references to his work. Actually, these wise words were not written by William Shakespeare but by Pericles himself...

In this episode Wilma and I are outside in sunny (and breezy) Wales. The conversation roams around the location, my recent trip to Amsterdam, a brilliant example of modern surgical methods and finally settles at the beautiful Graig Ddu...

This week I'm working in Amsterdam, a city I have only visited once before, at the age of twelve, on a family holiday. There is so much to inspire here...

Travel is a significant part of lots of working lives.  Some people love it, but for some it’s stressful, tedious or an unwelcome drain on time. Here are some of my top tips for enjoyable international business travel and hence more productive time spent with your colleagues or clients in other countries...

I first came across this quote many years ago and it made me feel better about having been told I was 'unreasonable'. In the days when I had a 'proper job' I did sometimes make myself unpopular by challenging the status quo or refusing to accept something that clearly wasn't working...

In this episode Wilma and Dianne compare their favourite Olympic viewing so far, discuss the passion and 'will to win' of athletes and consider the parallels in working life. We talk about why a lot of people aren't passionate about their work and share our views on recent sports team managers who have left their roles.

In the past week or two I've been talking about teams to a variety of people and so I decided to share this video from my YouTube channel and blog. It's not new, but it's still my best explanation of how leaders can make sense of the differences between people in their teams.

I love a notebook. I know it's considered a bit old-fashioned by some, but I love to put pen to paper and I like having the freedom to mind-map, draw diagrams or doodle....