By Jeff Bell We hear plenty today about influencers, and it’s got a lot to do with the popularity in the click world Someone establishing such a profile …
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The Happy Man
By Jeff Bell. In our readings in business leadership, we may overlook the potential impact of fiction on our thoughts and actions. I find multiple …
Rise on Rhythm
By Jeff Bell. In music and poetry, a pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables creates the drive to a piece, the rhythm. Nineteenth century poet …
Self-confidence or Arrogance?
By Jeff Bell. It’s common to confuse self-confidence with arrogance. With limited research evidence, they probably sit on a spectrum, rather than being …
Who’s a Keeper?
By Jeff Bell. There is any number of psychometric tools to test someone’s cognitive attributes; and skills tests for the role at hand. But what of …
Good Coach Great
By Jeff Bell. On the face of it, coaching seems easy to do. Anyone can have a conversation and call it coaching. Just like kicking …
The Leader Builds Trust
By Jeff Bell. Trust is an outcome. It’s the response by someone to a set of behaviours—and it may take 10 examples of the desired behaviour to …
Books for the Leader, Updated
By Jeff Bell. “Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers”. Harry Truman, 33rd US president (1945-1953). I take a Reader to be someone …
I’m Accountable?
By Jeff Bell. Image by iStock. When calling someone to account, we usually focus on results. But this is literally the last thing we need to …
Are You Coachable? Take the Quiz
By Jeff Bell. Being coached is not easy. You have to put time aside (regularly), you have to prepare and you have to be open to questioning. You …