Know north
June 17, 2025 12:17 am Leave your thoughtsIt’s possible to set things up for failure or set them up for success. After the set-up, the project and the people do their thing. That thing certainly has the... Read more
Author Archives for Nick Shepheard
Pulling away
June 16, 2025 12:17 am Leave your thoughtsAt the end of the day, at the end of the project, at the end of the season, at the end of the year, take a moment. Gather the people... Read more
Hiding at the back
June 15, 2025 12:17 am Leave your thoughtsSometimes they’ll get away with it, sometimes nobody will care, sometimes good enough is all that’s needed, sometimes the only one that matters is them and they don’t mind driving... Read more
The second way
June 14, 2025 12:17 am Leave your thoughtsThere’s probably a buttoned up, officious, bureaucratic, passive voice, robotic complicated and absolutely correct way of saying what you have to say. The way some people imagine (especially when they’re... Read more
Get defensive
June 13, 2025 12:17 am Leave your thoughtsWhen someone criticises you, your team or what you do, it’s natural to get defensive. To focus on the good things and minimise what they’re saying or its relevance, to... Read more