What #HeadsUp managers do to transform themselves into leaders who leave a legacy We know as a manager, if our team is ‘all in’ for us and our business or if our team is in and out the door as quick as possible each day. We know if our team members have quit and stayed or are staying with us all the way…

The art of checking-in not up! An interview with Jonathan Bowman-Perks on his Inspiring Leadership Podcast & Video Series, is like an intermission in your own life journey. When you’re in a leadership role, anytime someone asks you questions that cause you to stop and reflect on how you lead, it’s a moment to pause and…

Confidence. The Great Engager An Excerpt from the New Book Manage to Engage. How Great Managers Create Remarkable Results. Published by Wiley March 2021 Doubt stops us from taking action. It casts a shadow on the new project or new person. It stops people getting excited about the new technology you want them to…

An Excerpt from the New Book Manage to Engage. How Great Managers Create Remarkable Results. Published by Wiley March 2021 With the amount of travel I do (or did — pre COVID!), I’ve learned a lot about bad-hair days. And it’s the hairdryer and the decisions designers make (or don’t) that, from experience, has a lot in common with how we design work. It is due to poor design choices…

5 Engagement Lessons To Take To Your Workplace This week Fiona Czerniawska and Fergus Navaratnam-Blair of Source Global Research, a full service analytics firm focusing on professional services organizations, interviewed me to talk about my new book Manage To Engage, published by Wiley this past month. In the podcast conversation, which forms a part of a wider discussion…

Big Box Consulting’s Obsession with Critiquing Management Big Box Consulting Firm articles are always insightful and interesting. Usually filled with relevant data points and research that complements our Proudfoot boots on the ground consulting experiences and research. But occasionally, the Big Box articles provide more incite and rile than interest. …

My book summary inspired by poets Manage to Engage — A Poem (Listen to the Poem Manage To Engage) When night comes we must ask ourselves ‘did we really engage our people wisely, in this almost post pandemic world?’ The responsibility we carry. A world we must create where we prioritize people and leverage our technology. Because, we know that people power…

Boost Your Management Street Cred — “Stand back! I have Flying Monkeys and I’m not afraid to use them!” Remember the flying monkeys from The Wizard of Oz? Scary little creatures you need to dodge like low flying pigeons that at any time were intent on kidnapping and destruction. Woah… I dodged that one! Phew! Flying…