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The Martyr at Work- How to lead and develop a difficult but principled colleague

Judgemental, disdainful, self-sacrificing. The Martyr might despise you or burn you out. But one thing they won’t do is compromise!

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.

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Personal Development Basics

Angry, Anxious, or Chaotic? Three simple techniques for when you really need to kick-start some personal change

Overcoming Self-Doubt

Nine Lies the Gremlin likes to tell you that create self-doubt and sabotage your confidence

Motivating Teams and Businesses

How to re-energise your team and rediscover momentum

Flowchart for Dealing with Difficult Team Leaders

Dealing with a bad leader: The 5 key questions and 3 possible outcomes

Positive Behavioural Change

Give someone a real boost to their interpersonal skills using Positive Intention & Metaphor

Team Alignment

Six surprisingly simple things to check if your team isn't all pulling together

How to do Inspiring Visions

JFK's "We Choose to go to the Moon..." - Learn how one of the best vision speeches we'll ever hear is crafted

Stepping into Fierceness

Can you change your emotional-state almost instantly - even to something that's right out of your comfort zone?

Dealing with Overwhelm

The best tip you will ever hear for dealing with feelings of being overwhelmed comes from survival swimming

The Motivation Equation

Motivation is like a chain - only as strong as its weakest link. Here's my top five tips for motivating yourself and others

Are You a Leader?

How do you measure up to these contemporary definitions of leadership?

Motivation: Towards Pleasure and Away From Pain

Here's how to discover something new about your own motivations and those of the people around you