The Fighting Spirit Approach Rather Than The Failing To Show Up Approach

There are many ways to manage challenging situations. When appropriate, some people choose to follow the fighting spirit approach rather than the failing to show up approach.

Such people often aim to be positive Read more

The Running A Team Workshop Approach

There are many ways to run team workshops. This piece describes one approach that I followed when running sessions. But you will, of course, follow your own approach.

The first step was to make Read more

The Everything To Gain And Little To Lose Approach

There are many ways to live life. Some people have the attitude that in certain situations they have everything to gain and little to lose. They therefore aim to do their best in the Read more

The Duty Driven Approach

Some people are duty driven. They may feel a sense of duty to care for their loved ones, follow a moral code, pursue a philosophy, follow their vocation or serve something greater than themselves.

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The Clarifying The Script You Want To Follow In A Challenging Situation Approach

There are many ways to communicate with people. One approach is to clarify the key messages you want to give to a person or a group of people in a challenging situation.

This approach Read more

The Positive Attitude Approach Rather Than The Paralysed By Angst Approach

This piece describes how people can choose to follow the positive attitude approach rather than the paralysed by grief approach. Read more

The Positive Cycles Approach Rather Than The Negative Cycles Approach

There are many ways to live life. One view is that people can aim to follow positive cycles rather than negative circles. They can do this as individuals, teams or organisations.

The following sections Read more

The Encouraging People To Describe Their Preferred Working Style Approach

Imagine that you lead a team. This is an approach that can be used in one-to-one meetings.

If you feel it would be useful, however, you can invite people to do the following exercise individually Read more

The Caring And Uncaring Leadership Approaches

There are many models for understanding leadership. The following section focuses on the well-known caring and competence approach to leading people.

Good people leaders, for example, care for people and also have the competence Read more

The Principles Approach To Shaping Your Professional Career

This article focuses on the principles approach to shaping your professional career. Read more