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Transition and Onboarding – ask yourself 3 Questions …
A Heidrick & Struggles study of 20,000 executives found that 40% of those hired at senior level left 18 months later. If the first 120 days in a new role determines long-term performance, what makes them successful? Understanding what positively impacts the first...
Ban the Elevator Pitch
I don’t understand the elevator pitch. I don’t understand how anyone attending a networking event can be anything but distracted by having a short and rehearsed speech prepared about themselves dancing around their head? Is it me? When I see people honestly connecting...
What’s holding you back?
Fear is a choice. Contrary to popular belief, it’s not something you have to suffer and do nothing about – it can be embraced and directed towards achieving amazing results! Do you ever find that fear holds you back when making an important, perhaps even...
Onboarding – how to succeed
A Heidrick & Struggles study of 20,000 executives found that 40% of those hired at senior level left 18 months later. If the first 101 days in a new role determines long-term performance, what makes them successful? Understanding what positively impacts the first...
VW Crisis – what price for a Leader’s Integrity?
Volkswagen is the latest and possibly the highest profile in a long line of self-destructive corporate disasters deriving from lack of integrity at the top. As announced by VW last week, the current provision set aside to deal with the issue is a huge €6.5bn, meaning...
Coaches: good enough for Olympians, but not for you?
With just one year to go until the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, we look at the importance of a coach on the performance of an Olympic athlete and how a valuable a coach can be in the professional arena. An athlete's sheer determination undoubtedly contributes...
How your business could be wasting thousands on business and executive coaching
Ever wondered what Executive Coaching might do for your business. Could it solve some of your most vexing problems? Well, FORTUNE Magazine stated: "When asked for a conservative estimate of monetary payoff from the coaching they got... managers described an average...
How to be a success in 101 days – Estate Gazette
Estates Gazette (circulation 22.500) asked Alan Denton to write this 2 page article for their readers that was published in the ‘EG Life’ section of the publication. View Article