Articles: Strategy
Time Blocking To Boost Your Personal Effectiveness
Time blocking (AKA diary blocking) involves scheduling your day in advance so that you know exactly what you're working [...]
Think, Feel, Do – A simple checklist for communications and events
"Think, Feel, Do" is a simple framework to consider when drafting communications or creating development workshops and programmes. Before [...]
The Wolf Parable – A Parable of Mindset
The Wolf Parable is story about the inner conflicts we face in how we approach others and our personal [...]
The VMOSA Strategic Analysis Framework: A Simple Summary
The VMOSA strategic analysis framework is a simple, five step strategic process. It says organizations should start by defining [...]
The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
The UN Sustainable Development Goals are 17 goals for humanity to work towards between the years 2015 and 2030. [...]
The Trust Equation: A Simple Summary
The trust equation says an individual’s trustworthiness is equal to their credibility, reliability and intimacy, all divided by their [...]
The Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change: A Simple Summary
The Transtheoretical model of behavior change is a behavior change model strongly associated with health related changes. It contains [...]
The Tall Poppy Syndrome and Crabs in Buckets
Tall poppy syndrome describes a cultural trait where successful individuals are resented, undermined or attacked to bring them back [...]
The Strategic Management Framework: A Simple Look
The Strategic Management framework is a high level summary of a cyclical process of strategy creation. It splits strategy [...]
The Stop, Start, Continue Approach To Feedback
Stop, Start, Continue is a useful framework for delivering or requesting feedback. In it, feedback is made up of [...]
The Skill / Will Matrix
The skill / will matrix is a simple tool to asses an individual’s performance. It also provides guidance on [...]
The Situational Leadership Model: A Simple Summary
The Situational Leadership model says leaders should adjust their style of leadership depending on the performance maturity of their [...]
The SIER Hierarchy of Active Listening: Become a Better Listener
The SIER Hierarchy of Active Listening lays out four steps required for effective active listening. First, you must Sense [...]
The Seven Transformations of Leadership: A Simple Summary
The seven transformations of leadership model says there are seven types of “action logic” that leaders develop and master [...]
The Science of Well-being – Laurie Santos free course on Coursera
Laurie Santos (Yale) has shared a free course on Coursera called "The Science of Well-being". It's a great introduction [...]
The SBI Feedback Model: A Simple Summary
The SBI feedback model is a structured approach to providing feedback. It says feedback providers should frame feedback around [...]
The Rhetorical Triangle: A Simple Introduction
The rhetorical triangle captures the three “appeals” used in persuasive communication: Logos, Ethos and Pathos (Logic, Ethics / Credibility [...]
The Replication Crisis in Psychology – Holding Some Theories Lightly
The "Replication Crisis" in the world of psychology refers to the fact that many experiments that have lead to [...]
The Relationship Between Performance And Pressure
The relationship between performance and pressure follows a bell curve. It shows that individuals have an optimum level of [...]
The Reframing Matrix Process: A Simple Way To Improve Creativity
The reframing matrix process is a cognitive process tool. It helps individuals and teams increase their creativity and innovation. [...]
The Pygmalion and Golem Effects: Expectation And Performance
The Pygmalion and Golem effects are two psychological phenomenon. They say that a leaders expectation of an individual's performance [...]
The PVI Model: Perception, Visibility and Influence
The PVI model states that the most important things to focus on when looking to progress in the workplace [...]
The Power of Positive Thinking: A Simple Introduction
Positive thinking is the practice of focusing on the positive side of things and looking for the best in [...]
The POSITIVE Coaching Model In The World of Work
The POSITIVE coaching model has eight stages: Purpose, Observations, Strategy and SMART goals, Insight, Team, Initiate, Value and Encourage. [...]