5 ways to increase your impact through GENEROSITY
A healthy organisation is dependent on people working effectively together. And to be generous is a big part of that. Generosity breeds generosity. And you can be the catalyst of generosity where you are. Here are 5 proven impact hacks to consider when wanting to extend your generosity at work. THANK/RECOGNISE SOMEONEStop and think: who can I thank today? Who has made a difference to your day? Who has put that extra effort in? Who has...
Storytelling isn’t just for kids
The first book we wrote was a business novel called 'The Team Formula - A Leadership Tale of a Team who found their Way'. We could have written a regular business book, to share our formula for how to work with teams. But we chose not to. Not because we couldn’t but because we feel so strongly about the power of storytelling. And the impact was staggering - we have lost count of how many people have told us "you could have been...
Perfection is outdated
A reporter once asked a very successful businessman: “What is the secret to your success?” The man replied: “Two words” “And they are?” “Right decisions” “OK, I see – and how do you make the right decisions?” “One word” “And that is?” “Experience” “I see, and how do you get experience?” “Two words” “And what are they?” “Wrong decisions” We heard this story years ago – and still think it’s a great one. So many people have “analysis...
Are you a realistic optimist?
Do you assume things will go well? Do you dare take sensible risk, believing in yourself whilst doing so? Do you keep being optimistic even when things go wrong and you have to try a new way out? Do you see plenty of opportunities around you? And do you at the same time stop and think about the practicalities of it all? How long it will take? If you have the resources needed? Do you think about what’s going on in the market and how...
Jan/Feb issue of IMPACT is here
Welcome to another year of IMPACT! In this issue, we focus on how to get new inspiration and perspectives, why realistic optimism is key, the illusion of perfection and storytelling as a communication skill. And there's a story about us all being brand ambassadors, whether we think about it or not. And the IMPACT HACK this time is all focused on generosity. You can download it here and read it online here. Enjoy, and thanks for...
What place(s) inspired YOU?
While reflecting on our 10 years of writing recently, we mentioned the number of locations we had been in to write our three books. To some degree the different locations came down to necessity as we lived in different countries while writing our first two books, but that's certainly not the whole story. No, we also decided that we now and then needed to see and experience something different in order to continuously get a new...
