During an interesting away day we were discussing team development and the methods of transitioning from a challenging team to a high performing team. I came up with the diagram below to depict the feeling and leadership characteristics involved. One of the main difficulties individuals have is in becoming leaders and not managers. They need to understand that their function in leading a team should be to ultimately make themselves redundant. When they have achieved th

Celebrate the legacy left to you by others and recognise that without the contribution of those that went before you, you wouldn't have a present, never mind a future. Take time to reflect and celebrate those that left you your present and use it to inspire your future. Surely we all want to be celebrated in the future and to do that we need the leave a living legacy. Using this to motivate and drive a business can be a powerful tool.

I have mentored a number of businesses leaders on the Help to Grow Management program, and would recommend it to individuals that think...

Had the privilege of mentoring Tim Telford from DevTank, a fantastic business, this is what Tim thought of it ...