by editor | Dec 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
The week started with Major Tim Peake, the British astronaut, leaving a voice mail message for his parents from the International Space Station. This is probably the longest distance missed phone call in history! This can certainly be said to be “from a...
by editor | Jul 19, 2014 | Excellence, People, Personal values, Uncategorized
Over the last few months, I’ve been reading a variety of books and blogs. From Richard Branson’s “Secrets They Won’t Tell You in Business School”, to Sam Warburton’s “Lions Triumphant”, to various leadership bloggers and issues that I have seen in some of the...
by editor | Oct 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
This morning, before taking my daughter to her football match, I grabbed myself some toast and decided to have some jam on it. I knew the old jar of blackcurrant jam had been finished, but found, to my horror, that my wife had bought a jar of blackcurrant jam “with no...
by editor | Apr 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
You are settling into your role as a Trustee, and have begun looking at the Governance of the organisation, looking at the Good Governance Guide, Nolan Principles and any Code of Conduct that the organisation may have in place. But what else is there? There are a few...
by editor | Feb 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
Over the weekend I have mused, laughed and considered that wonderful part of the football season that is the “January transfer window”, and the happenings that occurred last week as it drew to a close. I guess my musings were not least because my team lost a striker...
by editor | Nov 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
One of the most important decisions that any organisation needs to make is in appointing leaders. Whether it is a large company appointing a CEO, a church calling a Minister, a charity appointing Trustees, in fact any group putting someone in a leadership role over...
