During the summer, I was invited to speak to a group about mentoring and specifically around mentoring and lifelong learning. As part of my prep, I revisited this book and remembered why it had been so insightful the first time around.
Some of the approaches from this book I thought I knew – growth and fixed mindsets - but this gave me a greater understanding of what’s behind that.
Read MoreIn August 2004, I set up Twist Consultants. I wasn’t one of those people who originally had ‘running my own business,’ at the top of my list of life goals but as unexpected as it was, it has been a brilliant and sometimes challenging ride. It’s one of the best things I’ve done.
Read MoreAre you a fan of reading articles from business schools and big management consulting firms? Then this book might just be right up your street. The back cover gives a good hint of what you might expect:
“Business is working in tunnel vision… organisations are now fully prepared for the past... A flipping point in the trend for adopting absurd management ideas needs to be reached. Management needs to be deprogrammed.”
To understand the link between how big management consultants, business schools and CEOs are creating what he calls “colossal groupthink”, then you need to read this book.
Read MoreI’m delighted to have been named as a Fellow of the Chartered institute of Public Relations (CIPR) . This supports my focus on professionalism and ethics in the services I deliver to clients in my communication, change and coaching practice.
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