Only you remember it the way you remember it

The other day I was watching the old movie Grease, with John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John as Danny and Sandy. Do you remember their amazing song "Summer Nights" where they had such different perceptions of the summer vacation when they met and fell in love? Danny was remembering the times they had on the beach very differently to the way Sandy did - it was like they were telling two different stories.  What this tells us is that...

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Honestly, do you give honest feedback?

Feedback is a funny word. It makes some people want to run away, while others thrive on it. Feedback can be very useful or very destructive. It all comes down to how it's done. One of the best experiences I've ever had with feedback, came from my manager some 20 years ago when I was relatively new as a leader. I thought I was quite a good communicator and took pride in my ability to express myself clearly. In a meeting with a senior...

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Translating The Team Formula?

Today we are off to Germany to review getting our book translated into German! How exciting!

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How much are you sharing your wisdom?

I recently found myself sitting in a Writers Society meeting when I started thinking about all the wonderful knowledge in existence in the room. There were many people, all with diverse backgrounds and great experience, all different, all valuable, all interesting. The speaker described someone as "owlish" and this really made me think. Owlish makes me think of wisdom and how much wisdom we all have and how much we can share our...

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15th rated Leadership book out of 29.924 on Amazon

The Team Formula is currently rated the 15th Leadership book on Amazon.co.uk, based on reader review - out of 29.924 Leadership books. Thank you readers! It means so much to us that the book can help leaders and teams create a more engaging and successful work situation for themselves. If you haven't yet reviewed the book, please do so on one of the sellers' websites (like Amazon) - or even here, as a comment below. Thank you. Thanks...

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