Bad ASS-umptions

Its very important to identify your assumptions because they can come back and kick you, whether that be in the office or in your personal life. Let me explain … We often create a RAID log when working on major projects.RAID is an acronym for Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies. Let’s talk in general about […]

5 ideas that investment bankers can takeaway from the Olympics

The Olympics are an elite event – the best of the best compete there. The investment banking industry is an elite industry – the best of the best work there. Success is based on a meritocracy and you’ve got to be at the top of your game as a person to play and thrive in […]

Find your true purpose

If you’re struggling in your career or business and only achieving mediocre results, then its possible that you may not have discovered your true purpose or determined your “reason for being”. In this video, I’ll show you a model where the answers to four powerful questions will give you a strong indication of what you […]

Anxiety

– understanding it and what you can do about it… If there was such a thing as a thermometer to measure anxiety, then I expect that for most of you, it would have registered boiling hot at least once in your life. Anxiety happens – we can’t stop it. But we can control our response […]

Leadership vs Management

The words ‘leadership’ and ‘management’ are often interchangeably used but they actually mean different things and its important to understand the distinction. Here are definitions of these two words: Leadership is the creation of a vision about a desired future state which seeks to enmesh all members of an organisation in its net. Management, tends […]

What Does Success Mean To You?

This is a great coaching question. It often comes up during job interviews too. You will have your own idea on what success means to you – it will be different from mine. We will probably both be right – it’s subjective.  Before you can truly answer the question, maybe we should spend some time […]