A thin strip of dusty road cuts its way through the coconut palms between the warm waters of the Arabian Sea and the magical Keralan backwaters. This road is busy with water trucks, fishermen, bike riding villagers shouting their wares, three wheeled yellow and black autos, farmers leading their tethered cows to fresher fields, taxi […]
Posts under ‘Communication’
Don’t Stand Up – Stand Out! by Phil Jesson
Many companies that claim to be “thought leaders” with a highly differentiated offering are nothing of the sort. A little scrutiny reveals that they are often “me-too” companies with a “we are one of many” and “we are no better or no worse than anyone else” message. So what is it that allows a company […]
Thought Leadership – Thinking and Communicating by David Walter, First Take Ltd
When I worked at the BBC, there was a senior executive who was famously silent and uncommunicative. It was rumoured that when he applied for a yet more exalted position at the Corporation, a member of the interviewing board asked him how he planned to convey his ideas to his staff. “Osmosis”, he is said […]
Benefits of Thought Leadership by Brian Chernett
This month, a number of Academy for Chief Executives speakers, chairmen and members will be writing about Thought Leadership. Each week there will be four blogs (Tuesday – Friday) on this topic which I believe is important for businesses to understand and begin using. My own definition of Thought Leadership is quite simple. I view […]
Get Authentic by Kevin Kelly
Research completed by Harvard psychology professors Nalini Ambady, Ph.D., and Robert Rosenthal, Ph.D. confirms our deepest suspicions – the time you’ve got to make an impact on either internal or external customer is reducing! Observers viewed three thin slices of each professor’s behaviour – in 10-second clips from the beginning, middle and end of a […]
Structure Your Meetings for Management and Motivation by Brian Chernett
I know a lot of Chief Executives who consider themselves to be good leaders but feel they could be better at managing and motivating their people. Like any other skill, managing key people well can be learned and through practice mastered. One technique for doing that, in my experience, makes a large difference. You probably […]
‘Reading Someone before you Shake Hands’ by Peter Sutcliffe
Members of the North East Academy for Chief Executives, Directors Forum 11, recently learned from speaker, John Cremer, how to “Read someone before you shake hands“. John’s brilliant workshop explaining his unique perspective on people ‘type’s’, their traits and personalities – both informative and highly entertaining. The experiential learning session helped us to understand other […]
Spread the Passion virus through your Business – by Brian Chernett
Are you passionate about your business? Do you believe in what you’re doing and how you are going about it? If you are, that’s good, though there may be plenty of room for improvement. If you aren’t passionate about what you do, that is a problem that may need you to rethink your current situation […]
Sharing the Secrets of Your Entrepreneurial Success – by Mindy Gibbins-Klein
Somewhere between the first £100,000 and the first £1 million of revenues, an entrepreneur allows himself or herself to exhale, tentatively tasting the success that started with a single idea. It doesn’t matter how long he or she has been in business; at some point a thought appears in the mind of the entrepreneur: “I […]
What can we learn from “Natural Horsemanship”? – by Joanna Jesson
Members of experiential learning group DF9 (Directors Forum 9) were very surprised to find themselves sharing 2 days with 4 horses – working outside in a round pen! Several of them were well outside their comfort zones. Immediately they saw the horses, their heart rate went up. The initial task was to learn how to […]