Colin Newhouse
- Sep 4
- 1 min
ARE YOU TRUSTWORTHY ?
Thank goodness for the powers of networking! If you are in the people development and coaching business as I am, you probably recommend...
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Colin Newhouse
- Mar 18
- 1 min
Memorable quotes on leadership
Do you have to lead people and teams? In your busy day-to-day do you sometimes think you’re doing the right things as a leader? Here are...
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Colin Newhouse
- Feb 21
- 3 min
THE SURPRISE CALL
Disturbing leadership behaviour... You probably get them from time to time and I certainly do: the surprise call out of the blue from an...
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Colin Newhouse
- Jan 10
- 1 min
Golda Meir on Leadership
Golda Meir, the first woman Prime Minister of Israel, was once asked by a researcher on leadership how she would explain her rise to...
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Colin Newhouse
- Jan 4
- 2 min
What's coming in 2024? Let's ask Chatgpt.
What are the top priorities for leaders as we start 2024? What more appropriate way to get the ball rolling than to ask an artificial...
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colinnewhouse514
- Oct 3, 2023
- 2 min
MUSCLE IS NOT EVERYTHING
Lessons from the Netflix biography of Arnold Schwarzenegger Muscle is not everything. In fact, to be an effective leader, it doesn’t...
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Colin Newhouse
- Sep 7, 2023
- 1 min
The end of loyalty!
"'Me first, my company perhaps later’. That seems to be the recent trend in the way people are approaching the job market. So, if you are...
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Colin Newhouse
- Jun 9, 2023
- 2 min
LESSONS FROM A MARATHON RUNNER
Fred is a marathon runner. He’s also part of my close family, so I get to follow his athletic and his professional career quite closely....
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Colin Newhouse
- May 9, 2023
- 2 min
LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM WAR
I recently returned from a trip to the Ardennes region in Europe. I’m a Second World War buff and this region is especially interesting...
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Colin Newhouse
- Apr 4, 2023
- 3 min
Icebergs, Cruise Ships and Changing your Organization’s Culture
What do icebergs, mega cruise ships and organizational culture all have in common? At first glance, not a lot. But, as soon as you try to...
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Colin Newhouse
- Feb 22, 2023
- 3 min
Are you overcompetitive? It’s possible to have too much of a good thing!
‘I don’t know, Grandad’. This answer surprised me. I had just asked my 11 year-old grandson where his Peewee hockey team stood in his...
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Colin Newhouse
- Feb 1, 2023
- 3 min
Trust, but Verify
The Four Key Leadership Styles Which Build – Or Destroy Trust As managers we have a duty to monitor the results of our employees, but...
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Colin Newhouse
- Jan 10, 2023
- 2 min
Don’t Make New year’s Resolutions! Make New Year’s Visions instead
At this time of the year I always remember a client of mine from way back who doesn’t believe in making New year’s resolutions. He says...
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Colin Newhouse
- Dec 22, 2022
- 2 min
MAGIC NUMBERS FOR MANAGERS
Some useful numbers to remember when we are managing people at work. As managers we frequently have to remember and use some complex...
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Colin Newhouse
- Dec 15, 2022
- 1 min
Quality versus Quantity? More data for us to consider on hybrid working.
A recent article in The Economist looks the results from some of the many studies made since the massive move to a hybrid working model...
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colinnewhouse514
- Oct 24, 2022
- 4 min
Organizing 360° Feedback
A powerful tool to be used with care! A few weeks ago, a client called me with this problem: “Our new Quality Control Director really...
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Colin Newhouse
- Oct 8, 2022
- 1 min
THE RETURN TO THE OFFICE... The "how to" is not easy!
If there’s one common factor among our clients, it’s that none of them have found the “magic bullet” solution to seamlessly manage the...
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Colin Newhouse
- Aug 26, 2022
- 2 min
Perfectionism: A Curse or a Gift?
Perfectionistic people have gained a bad reputation over the last few years We all know these examples: the boss who always seems to...
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Colin Newhouse
- Jul 14, 2022
- 3 min
Counterintuitive leadership
Thinking the impossible makes it possible I’ve been a motorcyclist for many years and early on in my two-wheel career I learnt a maneuver...
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