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Help Wanted – Book Review

This funny and insightful book takes us backstage to the ‘movement’ (aka warehouse logistics) team in a large department store. Here we are introduced to each team member and how they react to the news that the store manager is moving on and the implications of this for internal succession ...

Leadership, Organisational Change, Organisational Design

Growth in a time of Adversity? – Part 1

‘Same storm, different boats’ seems to be the metaphor of the moment. Storms are violent, unpredictable and threatening. Our primary focus on surviving the storm ...

Organisational Change

Building Resilience Series: Part 3

We have never been fans of the ‘tough it out alone’ approach to dealing with life’s challenges. The environment we shape and the people we ...

Leadership

Turning Potential into World Beating Success

At the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, Team GB were the paupers of the Olympic world. Team GB had won a solitary gold medal and 15 ...

Leadership

Building Resilience Series: Part 2

We have always been fascinated by people’s stories. One of the exercises we often run with teams is to ask each person to tell their ...

Leadership

Building Resilience Series: Part 1

Over the past year or so we have had the privilege of working with a number of sporting organisations that enable our Olympians and Paralympians ...

Leadership

How are you focusing your time?

Over the past few weeks, the word ‘Zoom’ has slipped effortlessly into our vocabulary. We are now ‘on a Zoom’; been ‘invited to Zoom’; multiple ...

Leadership, Organisational Change

Where are you investing your energy?

Where we invest our energy is always something we need to pay attention to. More so in this current time of great uncertainty and disruption. ...

Leadership

Too Close for Comfort?

We have been running Mightywaters as a husband and wife team for nearly 22 years now. For most of this time, our office has been ...

Organisational Change

Beat the Bug!

It looks like we are entering a season of huge uncertainty. There is increasing anxiety concerning how Covid-19 will impact us, our families, friends, neighbours ...

Leadership