Bravery and courage are central themes in so many books and films we have grown up with.
Sharpstone SkinnerJune 24, 2020
Hello readers. Last week we looked at some of the positives of learning online in a group or with your team and promised a counter-argument to follow. Well, here it is – some of the downsides of virtual learning and why we need to balance it with some close contact learning experiences once our country leaders and our common sense…
Sharpstone SkinnerJune 1, 2020
How many conference calls and catch ups do you have today? Life and work BC (before Covid) was, for most of us, characterised by the warm body experience. Now we live our working lives and quite a lot of our personal lives too, on screen.
Sharpstone SkinnerMay 20, 2020
You’ve set your office up, finally managed to work out how to get on a video call and are secretly enjoying the lack of a commute. You have probably been for more walks in the last two weeks than in the last two years and discovered things about your local neighbourhood you didn’t know. And you are busy, busy, busy………
Sharpstone SkinnerApril 7, 2020
It looks like we might be seeing less of each other for a little while. We didn’t need a virus to tell us that remote teams are a thing – many of us have been part of remote teams for years. But for the immediate future, we may all be part of a remote team. Time is short and you…
Sharpstone SkinnerMarch 16, 2020
Do any of the following sound familiar to you? Senior leaders have no time for strategy they are too busy fighting fires, large organisational change seems to stumble when it comes to implementation, staff refer to ‘them’ as the most senior leaders, missing out several layers of managers in between, mediocre middle managers hide for years doing just enough to…
Sharpstone SkinnerFebruary 26, 2020
…because they fail. In fact by the time this read this, you’re probably on the downward slide with some of your best intentions. Instead, an article about new beginnings. January is a great month for a do-over. You get a chance to do better at things that didn’t go quite to plan the previous year and to make a start…
Sharpstone SkinnerJanuary 17, 2020
In our September newsletter, we explored one subject we love to present on, when we speak at conferences. And we promised a second theme so here it is. Something key, that is making our audiences sit up and listen. This one is about leadership and our thoughts on what leaders need to grasp to thrive in changing times. Our thoughts…
Sharpstone SkinnerNovember 13, 2019
The beach towels are folded and stored, the suitcases are back in the loft and we’re panicking about work we didn’t finish before escaping to the sun – it must be autumn.
Sharpstone SkinnerSeptember 20, 2019
Imagine you are in your regular team meeting; everything is going to plan then the usual thing happens. John starts moaning. Off he goes on some rant about how a decision made by ‘them up there’ is ridiculous, impractical and shows how rubbish ‘they’ are. Everyone starts looking anywhere but at him, and your meeting gets derailed yet again. You…
Sharpstone SkinnerJuly 30, 2019