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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.

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Leadership

Keynote speaker = catalyst for change?

June 1, 2021 Benjamin Drury

As a keynote speaker, I consider it my job not just to entertain and fill an hour with engaging thoughts, ideas and stories, but also to be a catalyst for change. I believe my role as a speaker is to give people the tools and impetus they need to make changes for the better in their life, work, business or.. Read more

Is your business plan too small?

May 24, 2021 Benjamin Drury

When I was 16 years old, I went to spend three weeks in Wales on an outward bound course doing things like hiking the hills, swimming in freezing lakes and carrying logs round assault courses. While it doesn’t sound much fun, and to be fair some parts of it weren’t, I had a great time, learnt a lot, made some.. Read more

Do you want compliance or committment?

April 24, 2021 Benjamin Drury

Compliance is not the same as commitment! Compliant people wait to do what they’re told. Then they do precisely what (they think) they were told and no more. They need lots of managing and reams of procedures to get the ‘best’ (or maybe most) out of them. Committed people do what needs to be done. They don’t need telling, they.. Read more

How to get people to love your business

April 24, 2021 Benjamin Drury

If you want people to love your business, love them.  Employees, clients, suppliers.  Love them first and they will love you and your business. “People don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care.”Theodore Roosevelt Everyone knows that we should love our customers, but what about everyone else? Love your team.  Be there for them, listen.. Read more

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

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