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How Leaders can Spot, Deal With and Transform a Dark Strategist

A Dark Strategist thinks you're stupid and treats people like chess pieces. Here's how to spot them—and lead them better.

How Leaders Can Spot, Deal With, and Transform a Scary Specialist

Is your team held hostage by a Scary Specialist? Learn how to spot, manage and transform them into your team’s biggest asset.

How Leaders Can Spot and Deal with Scary Specialists

How Leaders can spot and deal with the Scary Specialist: the expert whose weaponised expertise makes them very difficult to work with.

Video – Boundaries at Work

Boundaries at work can be a tricky topic. But they’re an important part of helping everybody to be at their best. Fortunately, #CaptainCoach is on hand again to show the way …

Video – Difficult Conversations at Work

Good news - difficult conversations at work don’t need to be difficult any more - phew! Video: Why they're difficult, how to do them.

Business Book of the Month Webinar

How to deal with the 9 types of difficult people. Catch-up with my Book of the Month webinar. Mindset, tools, strategies and more.

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Self-Accountability not Self-Criticism

Four simple questions to develop more self-accountability and avoid falling into the trap of self-criticism

Asking in the Right Way

Creative step-by-step ways for Leaders to successfully ask people to do stuff without hitting a problem.

Slower, Lower, Weaker

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8 ways to deal with managers who aren’t top performers - and what that says about your organisation

The Intersecting Tracks

To make progress, great coaching runs on two intersecting tracks: Understanding - expanding what's possible; and Doing - creating practical results

Thinking is more painful than electric shocks!

Why people often don't get clear about their desired outcome or choose the best approach to take, before they act

Six Things that Great Time-Management is about NOT doing

Six Things that Great Time-Management is about NOT doing "#1 Will Surprise You!" (It won’t; #1 is about NOT getting distracted.)

The Motivation Equation and Self-Belief (part 1 of a series)

How to define the outcome and establish your evidence to get more Self-Belief and better Motivation at work

Connection Overload

Is conflict at work happening because people are overwhelmed by all the relationships they need to manage?

Mission, Vision and Strategy Explained on One Page

Everybody is getting Mission, Vision and Strategy mixed-up and wrong - so here's a handy one-page guide.

Keeping your mind fresh and flexible

Why it's important to seek out novelty and unpredictability daily - like travelling home from work on a different route

“Thanks, your work was almost adequate”

What *should* leaders say and do when someone's work is disappointing?

Health and Work

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Well-being has a huge impact on success at work. Can you be physically and emotionally healthy and hold down a demanding job?