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Balancing the ‘Black Hole’ Effect
How to manage the scale and significance of leading human intensive and complex organizations - and still thrive?
mac_db
Aug 28, 20243 min read
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4Cs Values Quotient..
How framing values in a granular way can support decision-making and dilemmas
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Aug 7, 20241 min read
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Good Luck - Bad Luck?
Good luck? Bad luck? The power of reframing any situation ......
mac_db
Aug 6, 20243 min read
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Best Laid Plans …
Rolling with the punches It’s August 2020. I have just left a challenging and highly rewarding role as a Principal (‘Director’) at a...
mac_db
Aug 6, 20242 min read
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With Gratitude, optimism is sustainable
It seems that practicing gratitude has several positive benefits. How can we build habits that enable us to realise these benefits?
mac_db
Sep 4, 20231 min read
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Twelve Things I've Learnt ......
What can be learned from coaching - 12 'take aways' shared
mac_db
Aug 29, 20235 min read
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Negativity bias
How we get in our own way (and what we can do about it) Saboteurs and Superheroes: It seems that we all have a tendency towards the...
mac_db
Jun 28, 20222 min read
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Casual Chat Vs Coaching Conversation
How coaching conversations are 'better' than a casual chat
mac_db
Nov 12, 20213 min read
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The Pleaser - The secret of always putting others first
How putting others first is not always serving them or you. How might a hyper-focus on being ‘considerate and unselfish’ result in you...
mac_db
Oct 12, 20212 min read
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Victim Saboteur
This post explores how a tendency towards negative perspective can inhibit the effectiveness of leaders and those they work with
mac_db
Oct 12, 20211 min read
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Restless Saboteur
Don’t let proxy multi-taking get in the way of your effectiveness Why the perceived benefits of multitasking are holding you back. How...
mac_db
Oct 9, 20212 min read
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Perfectionist Saboteur
Don’t Let Perfection get in the way of the ‘Good Enough’ - How the 80:20 can help Why perceived perfection is holding you back. How...
mac_db
Oct 1, 20211 min read
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The Hyper-Vigilant Saboteur – The Worry Wart
Why focusing on risk is holding you back It is a phrase we hear from time to time, referring to someone as a ….’worry wart’. We often do...
mac_db
Sep 21, 20211 min read
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The Hyper-Rational Saboteur
How leading and logic are not always healthy bedfellows. How might a hyper-focus on thinking and analysing see you getting in your own...
mac_db
Sep 9, 20212 min read
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The Hyper-Achiever Saboteur
Being ‘The Best’ Vs Being ‘Your Best’ How leading and winning are not always healthy bedfellows. How might a hyper-focus on achieving...
mac_db
Aug 30, 20212 min read
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Controller Saboteur - Why taking charge isn't always best
Why taking charge isn't always best? How might your limiting beliefs be holding you back? It’s a phrase we hear from time to...
mac_db
Aug 19, 20211 min read
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Avoider - Eat that frog
Saboteur series - How might you be getting in your own way? This article explores how those with Avoider are holding themselves back.
mac_db
Aug 8, 20211 min read
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Leadership Profile – Clarity, Choice and Control
Leadership Profile – Clarity, Choice and Control. How coaching supported one leader's journey to greater balance, purpose and performance.
mac_db
Apr 30, 20218 min read
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Don't let 'Perfection' get in the way of the 'Good Enough' - How the 80:20 rule can help.
For the month of August my wife and her sister committed to walking 10,000 steps every day to raise money for National Breast Cancer...
mac_db
Nov 14, 20201 min read
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Change your Perspective and open doors -
“It’s not what you look at what matters, it’s what you see” - Henry D Thoreau. How you change the way you look at things is also important.
mac_db
Oct 3, 20201 min read
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