Articles, Thought Pieces, Book Extracts and Other Resources

They exist in most organisations: the Malevolents. Cynical, manipulative, sarcastic, these people use their power to squash initiative, ridicule anything that looks like care, and generally suck the energy out of life. This is the most deadening kind of leader - the...

In leadership, there is an inner journey to match the outer journey. When your outer journey is about making big change happen, your inner journey is likely to be just as big. This makes huge demands of people – yourself included. You will often experience...

Are you fully appreciating life’s blessings and simple pleasures? That may sound counter intuitive - when stressed we tend to focus on what’s not right, what needs to done; here we invite you to develop an appreciative mind set, do the inner work which means that the...

Neil has recorded a couple of short extracts from The Little Book of Making Big Change Happen, the latest book from The One Leadership Project, co-authored with Alister who will be adding recordings in time... Inner Journey (1:00 minute listen) The Humility Paradox...

Many organisations now face the need to transform themselves. Some are experiencing crisis. And at a personal level, it can be hugely helpful to prepare for life’s changes. We were therefore honoured to be invited to write the final chapter in a book on...

When you and your team are leading big change, there are inevitably going to be complexity, ambiguity and stresses. And in all organisations, it is standard for people to face a constant stream of performance reviews, critiques, 360s and more. Unfortunately these can...

Have you ever wondered what it is that makes some businesses, organisations and ventures so exceptional? We have. So over a number of years we’ve been researching the stories of the award winners; from those recognised as great places to work, to those making a big...

The Little Book of Making Big Change Happen continues to make waves. "I find myself going to the book as a matter of course now," Carole Nicholson, Chairman Sussex Wildlife Trust, recently shared with us. Brighten your day with this 30 second extract from The Little...