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Latest publications
What’s the difference between leadership and management?
Leadership vs Management, who wins in a fight? The terms.. Read more
Four steps to changing the world
How to change the world: Step One. 1. Be Frustrated. .. Read more
Not all difficult conversations are the same.
Not all difficult conversation are the same. Do you know the difference?
One of the key things to understand about difficult conversations is they come in three forms and if we get the form wrong, the conversation session can go extremely badly.
What the hell do you do all day?
April 24, 2021 Benjamin Drury
If we want to succeed in business we need clarity and consistency. We need to be clear about what we’re doing, so we know what to focus on and also what to avoid. We need consistency to constantly remind ourselves and our teams of what we are doing, because life is noisy and messy and distractions abound. So this morning.. Read more
The greatest leader in history?
April 24, 2021 Benjamin Drury
I’ve been re-reading a book (Shackleton’s Way) that explores Sir Ernest Shackleton’s amazing and aptly named Endurance Expedition. Perhaps the greatest heroic failure in history. The Endurance expedition never made it’s goal. It barely even got started. It fell at the very first hurdle. The ship taking the expedition team to Antarctica got stuck in an ice floe, one day’s.. Read more
Find ways to build trust
March 29, 2021 Benjamin Drury
This is Part 5 – Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3  & Part 4 of our five part series Trust is the foundation stone of any team’s success. Without trust a team is nothing more than a group of individuals with their own personal agendas. It is definitely not a functioning, high performing team. Building trust is fundamental. Brené Brown talks about it.. Read more
Communicate Better
March 22, 2021 Benjamin Drury
This is Part 4 – Read Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3 of our five part series While everyone worked in the same geographical location, most communication happened organically – chatting over an office divider, popping over to a colleague’s desk to ask a quick question, or grabbing some coffee together and having a 10 minute catch up or gossip. When people.. Read more
Clarify Expectations.
March 15, 2021 Benjamin Drury
This is Part 3 – Read Part 1 & Part 2 of our five part series Once you introduce this new level of self-motivation and self organisation for people, they will have a lot of space and a lot of decisions to make themselves about how, when, and what work they do and when they complete tasks, so it is.. Read more
Choose a different metric.
March 8, 2021 Benjamin Drury
This is Part 2 – Read Part 1 of our five part series The great thing about moving to a more fluid rather than a balanced operating model (see last week’s post) is that it frees up a company from having to do the management heavy task of accounting for and controlling people’s time (the hours they “buy”) and they can allow.. Read more