Walking Your Talk | Culture Change & Leadership

To act in the face of feeling anxious, or even fearful, is the sign of courage. Anxiety and fear are signals that you are moving outside of your comfort zone and into a zone where your career, your business, and your life can start to accelerate. In this,

It is easy to blame others when they do not deliver what you expect. But the responsibility also lies with the asker, person who set the expectations in the first place. This final episode in the accountability series covers what you can do to increase t

My word is my bond. I am a man or woman of my word. She is as good as her word. There is so much caught up in the power of giving and keeping our word. This episode throws light on what it takes to be someone whose word can be trusted – and how import

Those who consistently keep their word learn early that it becomes essential to give your word with care. Many just say yes to everything and then gain a reputation of being unreliable. Make your word count, promise deliberately, learn to negotiate when

If in every accountability ‘contract’ there is an asker and a giver, it is the role of the asker that is often underrated and under-emphasised. Skilful asking, clear negotiation of commitments, and active engagement at the start, dramatically increases t

At its core accountability is a contract between two people, one the asker, one the giver. When both of working in harmony, good accountability produces consistent performance, heightened trust, no unexpected surprises. In this, the first in the series

How to reduce the syndrome of “piling on” and embed a culture of simplicity. Most leaders who lack credibility in espousing aspirations of simplicity and focus hold deeply held beliefs that more is always better. If you tend to say “yes” to more and mor

How to increase agility and simplicity by speeding up decisions. Do you procrastinate? Or seek more and more information before making difficult decisions? Your behaviour will be creating workload for others, and making your organisation less agile, less

How to reduce your own perfectionism and create a simpler, agile organisation. Do you struggle to reduce complexity? Are you working for an organisation that is driving to achieve this? In this second episode in Walking your Talk’s series on simplicity, C

Focus, prioritisation, speed, agility - mastering simplicity makes all of these achievable and transforms your working life. Steve Jobs made it a way of life at Apple, and we have all benefited as a result. Simplicity efforts in organisations tend to focu