What successful people don’t do

Over years of observing what the “top people” do and don’t do (and never did) to get to the top, I created a checklist. And when I first thought about it, I was quite shocked. In fact, when you read it your first reaction might be, “No way! Phil, I completely disagree...

Solutions and Interruptions

One of the biggest bugbears many managers and leaders struggle with is the stream of constant interruptions, and in particular the tendency these interruptions have is that they are problems, not options for solutions. Notwithstanding the desire to be always available...

The Personal Scorecard

Many of you will be familiar with “The Balanced Scorecard” as a means of measuring and improving the performance of a business by looking at four key areas, and not solely at the financial aspects. I’ll not go into it here, but I would certainly recommend you look...

Re-setting, re-charging, and re-engaging…

A personal client got in touch saying that he needed to get “Re-set”. He is a successful person who simply felt that of late he had gone off the boil, lost focus, lost energy. Could I put together a plan for getting him up and at it again? This was a fantastic...

Overcoming setbacks

One of our readers contacted me to say they had had a real setback in their life’s goal. They were upset, deflated, feeling generally “yuk” about it. This is a message for them, and for you if you have ever suffered a setback: 1.  Rebuild yourself. Take time out to do...

Unleashing the Inner Champion

You will have heard the phrase “Success is Chosen” many times, I am sure. In fact, if you haven’t heard it before, give it some thought for a moment. It’s what so many of the people who rise to the top in their professional arena say. That’s great news, isn’t it? I...