Twenty years ago the accumulation of skills, knowledge and experience (‘horizontal development’) was sufficient for business success. Today, it’s not. 4D Leadership – Competitive Advantage Through Vertical Leadership Development, offers a new approach of ‘vertical development’.
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Twenty years ago the accumulation of skills, knowledge and experience (‘horizontal development’) was sufficient for business success. Today, it’s not. 4D Leadership – Competitive Advantage Through Vertical Leadership Development, offers a new approach of ‘vertical development’.
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We thoroughly enjoyed this year’s Changeboard Future Talent Conference. It was a day full of thought provoking conversations and a lot of laughs, not least thanks to the amazing Lenny Henry! In the afternoon, Alan Watkins, Complete Coherence’s CEO, ran an interactive session with Alastair Campbell and Geoff McDonald about the importance of mental health, and what businesses can do to help break the stigma. Here are our key take-aways from the session.
Sharing the news that you’re expecting a baby with family and friends is almost always exciting and joyous. It can be a very different experience when you tell your employer. I’ve heard many women talk about how much they were dreading telling their boss. They were anticipating, with some justification, a negative reaction. It might have been coated in a smile and polite words of congratulations, but fundamentally the exciting news was viewed by the employer as a problem they really didn’t need. The truth is it doesn’t have to be that way.
We all know that our individual wellbeing is important, but it also matters to organisations. Unfortunately few business leaders pay as much attention to it as they should. However, there was an occasion recently at Complete Coherence that made us really stop and think about it.
We invited nine leaders from different organisations to share their experiences and views on graduate development. Here are the insights we gathered from the collective wisdom of the participants.
Dr Alan Watkins features in the latest edition of Changeboard magazine in an article asking experts to say, in less than 100 words their advice on ‘How to find a job you love’. Here’s what Dr Alan had to say: “The two most important days in your life are the day you were born and the …Read more
Summer can leave us all feeling hot and bothered (yes, even in the UK). With additional worries such as arranging child care, holidays and of course trying to navigate the great British weather, we all need to take a bit of time to look after ourselves. When we find ourselves feeling a little stressed, our …Read more
At Complete Coherence we’ve have been looking into the effect that Heart Rate Variability (HRV) on business performance for over 18 years. It’s a matter very close to our hearts (sorry for the pun!). It’s also a fundamental part of our work with leaders as we help them improve their resilience and capacity. Luckily …Read more
Stepping back and even stepping up to take a higher perspective can help executives see that a singular focus on ‘doing’ ignores two other really important dimensions.
Dr Alan Watkins gave the first public demonstration of the new Complete Coherence app – Universe of Emotions – at the Changeboard Future Talent Conference 2015.
Recently reading Stephen Jay Gould’s masterful tome, The Mismeasure of Man, I was struck by how often people who measure aspects of personality or human functioning, can get it so completely wrong. Such mismeasurement can have devastating consequences, as Gould chronicles. His book brilliantly details how, when the fundamental assumption about what is being measured …Read more
I’ve assessed, developed and coached senior leaders for many years and also had the pleasure of being involved in the research behind one of the most widely used leadership behaviour models in the world, but there is one thing that has always really frustrated me. Of the twelve leadership behaviours that we identified as being …Read more
I’ve served on three executive boards in my career and if I look back on the most challenging times, I am sure that if I had had a better understanding of everyone on that board, we would have been much more effective. When you’re dealing with a group of senior executives, by the very nature …Read more
I’ve been heavily involved in the production of Alan Watkins’ new book – Coherence: The Secret Science of Brilliant Leadership. My revelation from this project has been that even a project that appears to be a solo project is actually a huge team effort. It has certainly made me more appreciative of books in general. …Read more
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