Most Recent

The Rock: Difficult Person Type 8

Why do some colleagues feel impossible to shift!? This article explains the Rock type and how to work with them more productively.

The Scary Specialist – Difficult Person Type 1

Someone can be brilliant at their job and still drive people out. Meet the Scary Specialist: the expert whose blunt criticism and high standards often undermines teams.

Why People Become Difficult at Work

Four workplace pressures can combine into a “perfect storm” that makes good people seem difficult to work with. It’s rarely about bad intent — it’s about stress, self-doubt and inflexibility.

Gen Z Are Lazy? The Leadership Mistake Behind a Persistent Myth

We keep hearing that Gen Z "... are Lazy". BUT, the data says otherwise. This isn’t a people problem – it’s a leadership one. Stop complaining about Gen Z - and start leading them better!

‘Excess’ Stress Strategy: When Dealing with Pressure Goes Wrong – Difficult People Types 4, 5, and 6

When pressure hits, some people double down and try harder at all costs. What once worked now creates conflict and blocks progress. Here’s how an EXCESS stress strategy turns the Driving Force, Revolutionary and Empire Builder into difficult colleagues.

The Worrier – Difficult Person Type 7

Some people are so worried about mistakes that they end up causing them! Meet The Worrier - a classic workplace micromanager who double-checks everything and still drops the ball.

Archive

Leadership, Role-modelling and Behaviour

Leaders cannot NOT be role-models - so be the right kind

One Page Leadership

What should leaders actually *do*? ✪The whole of Leadership on one page! Free download, no sign-ups.✪

Thinking at work isn’t dead – is it?

The smartest bloke I ever knew used to start work with his feet on the desk. Is that still important?

Can’t Keep Up?

/
1 Comment
Feel like you can't keep up? 12 ways to simplify your leadership

Resourcefulness

Feel like you're unstoppable - eight steps to being a powerful, Resourceful leader

Managing or Leading?

/
1 Comment
Trying to be a great leader without also being a great manager is like an army with loads of generals but no sergeants

Leadership Quickies

Four leadership mistakes you probably don’t even know you’re making

Self-Awareness – A Primer

Self-awareness is the best start for leadership development. But how do you get that? What should you look for; and how?

Self-Awareness (1)

9 expert questions and one handy diagram for building great self-awareness

10 Ways to be a Smarter Leader

How to be Smart in a World of Dumb Leaders

Tools to Inspire Others

Six ways that leaders should be able to inspire the people around them

The Leadership Principle of Flexibility

Leadership: Have you got enough flexibility in your behaviour to adapt until you get the right outcome?