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The shift to remote working in the past year has put pressure on leaders and staff across all sectors. As some people gradually start to come back to the office, leaders will have to contend with new issues impeding their team’s connectivity.
Why do so many new business and product ideas fail? It’s because innovators don’t take the precaution of testing their assumptions about what customers want, need and how they are going to behave before they start investing time, money and effort. Don’t fall into the same trap!
I’ve interviewed and employed lots of people over the years. If asked why I gave the job to someone my reply was often that they just immediately “felt right” but what was really going on?
It’s said that there are three types of people:
Let’s talk about an essential journey which, if you are like the majority of people, you will never go on.
So, how are you feeling about the state of things right now?
Down? Confused? Demotivated? Believe everything is f**cked including, in particular, your future.
Are you thinking this has got to be the worst time ever to be young and a student?
This is what the eminent psychiatrist Professor Anthony Clare had to say about happiness in an interview I once read: “It’s not simply a matter of having friends, but of feeling a part of something bigger than oneself: whether through family, work or community. That’s why World War Two veterans often say that, despite the war, it was one of the happiest times of their lives. War gave them ‘a sense of comradeship’, a ‘common purpose’ and a feeling of doing something worthwhile.”
In organisations around the world, the pressure is on. Leaders need to navigate the volatility and complexity created by rapidly changing consumer expectations, social and technological shifts, and climate change.
Mentoring, coaching and offering support are probably more important than ever under the restrictions placed on us due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
But does our idea of mentoring need a rethink? Does it take a wide enough view of ‘leadership skills’? And how do you find a ‘mentor’ in lockdown?
