Managing Director


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September 23, 2016

The Speed Boat and the Liner…

An analogy used by one Senior Manager to describe the differences between his team and their Managing Director. The MD is likened to a speed boat travelling at eye-watering speeds; worlds apart from the larger plodding liner. The team are compared with a ship designed to transport people from one […]
November 14, 2015

Experiencing Undesirable Behaviour? We Teach People how to Treat us!

“No-one is forthcoming with ideas in this place. The business would stagnate if I wasn’t involved at every level.” A complaint made by a Managing Director client who believed they had to do everything themselves or the work wouldn’t get done. They were misguided. When I spoke with members of […]
March 27, 2015

Questioning Whether You’re Leadership Material? You Need to Care About People!

Sitting with a senior management team this week, we were talking about the relationship dynamics between certain individuals and the best way to address the impact that conflict was having on the organisation. Inevitably the conversation turned to leadership behaviours (or lack of them); the need to raise individual awareness […]
January 22, 2015

Executive Coach: A Source of Inspiration or Embarrassment?

We make life hard for ourselves in this country, with our ‘stiff upper lip’ approach to business. Your typical Managing Director will soldier on alone, thinking they are supposed to have all the answers and perceiving outside help as weak; whereas, they adopt a different attitude in the States. Regardless […]