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How do you respond to opportunities?
Do you always say yes regardless of whether you or your team have the time, energy or resources to complete it?
What if you could step back and assess whether this was the right opportunity (and what would make it so) for your team first?
As a leader, what do you see as your responsibility for assessing and protecting the capacity of your team, particularly when people more senior than you come calling?

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There’s an incident in which I lost it and which still burns in my memory. I was on a train from London to Edinburgh many years ago in which I decided to do my accounts. My receipts and invoices took over a whole table and to my right there was a large cup of tea. An...

I was recently interviewed by People Management on the subject of performance at work. A recent study by Deloitte claims that a third of workers were 'not stimulated by what they do' and a further 27% of employees are not 'performing their best'. I have to say that I...