How many British Prime Ministers can you name? (Clue there’s been 55) How about US Presidents? (Clue there’s been 45) What about leaders of Russia, China, Australia, New Zealand? In most cases their tenure is quite short. Having achieved the pinnacle position of authority in their respective countries, they don’t last long and then are […]
One of the hardest things for many successful people, who wish to be outstanding leaders, is to give up what made them successful in the first place. A great salesperson loves to sell. Financial wizards love to get deep into the spreadsheet. The best customer service folk adore customers. I recently shared an analogy with […]
The media trough is overflowing with negative news. The energy “crisis”, cost of living “crisis”, property market “collapse” – just three headlines I’ve seen today. On top of that is all the chatter about the impact of interest rate rises, the outcome of the leadership election, the effects of brexit, covid, heatwave, water shortage… it […]
On holiday, the conversation turned to the first law of thermodynamics. Yes, I know that might sound unusual, but when you’re with an 18 year old physics whizz, that’s what happens. What I learned is that energy in the universe can neither be created nor destroyed – energy can only be transformed from one form […]
Four years ago, I bet all of us were totally gripped by the Tham Luang cave rescue, of 12 young footballers (aged 11-16) and their coach (25). To recap, after a football practice session for the youths, the team went on a bonding trip to a nearby cave network in northern Thailand. Shortly after entering […]
For many people, the summer holiday is a time to reflect and consider options as well as to recharge. Now we’re entering into the “New Dawn” (largely post pandemic), I know I’ll be even more contemplative, not least having “lost” 3 summers, from a limited number. Indeed, when you break life down into a series […]
My favourite teacher of all time is Colin Blundell, and my favourite lesson, from many he’s taught me, is ‘The Pendulum’. The idea is simple, (as the best ones tend to be), if you react strongly to something, then almost certainly you’ll swing the other way, to the same degree, when the opposite occurs. For […]
We are delighted to announce former Northfields owner Richard Palfreeman has joined the Property Academy board of trusted advisors. Richard will work alongside Peter Knight, Peter Rollings and David Smith, chairing our Leadership Groups and providing invaluable guidance on strategies and tactics to our Property Academy members. Richard owned and operated award-winning Northfields in West […]
It’s a contender for “Cheesiest film of the 80’s” – and there’s serious competition to the original Top Gun for that accolade. I doubt however, that any film in this decade will get anywhere close to Top Gun: Maverick – it’s like a strong emmental on top of a burger, a runny brie with grapes, […]
We took Alistair Campbell’s process from his book ‘Winners’ and added to it to create our POST model: Purpose Objective Strategy Tactics Note that only Tactics are pluralised – we believe there should only be one Purpose, one Objective, and one Strategy. Right now, we’re seeing a lot of businesses confusing Strategy and Tactics…and that […]