Monthly Archives: March 2012

Stop the “yes… but” choose “yes… and”

Posted in Communication, Cultivating Winning Relationships, Emotional Intelligence, High Performing Teams, Leadership, Trust by Morag Barrett on March 29, 2012 | No comments

I was working with an executive team in January, and as part of their program of events, they had requested that they wanted to “Do something fun, that will get us out of our comfort zone and have a laugh.” It was music to my ears… that’s not to say...

Cultivating Winning Relationships

Posted in Cultivating Winning Relationships, Emotional Intelligence, High Performing Teams, Leadership, Management, Trust by Morag Barrett on March 27, 2012 | No comments

We’ve all worked with people that we dislike or find irritating and frustrating to be with. The person whose ego is so large the office has to install double doors to get their head through, the colleague who just can’t stop talking; about anything but work, the colleague who carries...

Skye Book Review: 7 Steps to Avoid Death By Meeting

Posted in Book Reviews, High Performing Teams, Leadership, Management by Morag Barrett on March 23, 2012 | No comments

The London School of Economics and Harvard Business School have just released findings from their Executive Time Use Project, a study monitoring how over 500 chief executive officers spend their time in the workplace. According to the results, as reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, CEOs spent an overwhelming majority of...

Where have your New Year’s Resolutions gone?

Posted in High Performing Teams, Leadership, Mentoring by Morag Barrett on March 19, 2012 | No comments

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It’s March, and my guess is that for most of us, the New Year’s resolutions we made to ourselves in January have gone the way of previous years… a strong start, followed by distraction, and ultimately forgotten. If you can find (or remember) your list, take it out and review...