Changing Your Mind Changes Everything
This post is about using your perspective to change your experience. This morning I woke at 6:30 and soon after I had a coffee. It was...
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Stephen Lock
Jun 25, 20232 min read
A Secret Only 10% of Leaders Know
Do you want to know a secret that only the very best leaders know? Of course you do. Everyone loves a secret. I speak to hundreds of...
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Stephen Lock
Apr 24, 20233 min read
Try This Powerful Influencing Strategy
Ever wonder why leadership matters? One reason is because good leadership is about positive influence. But that isn't always easy, so...
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Stephen Lock
Apr 24, 20231 min read
Does Your Brain Need A Rest?
Sometimes leadership by example is the most powerful tool we have. But what if you've run out of steam? Maybe looking after yourself is...
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Stephen Lock
Apr 24, 20232 min read
A Seasonal Approach to Improvement
One reason why leadership is important in an organisation is because it helps us to get stuff done. To improve ourselves and our teams....
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Stephen Lock
Apr 24, 20232 min read
How To Be Happy At Work
How to become a leader? That's a big question, but one place I think it is helpful to start is with a little self-enquiry. Perhaps by...
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Stephen Lock
Apr 24, 20232 min read
How To Be More Coach-Like
An underappreciated leadership and management skill is the ability to coach people you work with. Here are three coaching tools you can...
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Stephen Lock
Apr 24, 20232 min read
What's Their Hero's Journey?
This is a companion piece to my previous post about finding your own heroic narrative. A few hours after I clicked publish, the universe...
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Stephen Lock
Apr 24, 20232 min read
What's Your Hero's Journey?
While the idea of heroic leadership isn't one I generally support, there's still something we can learn from epic storytelling. Photo by...
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Stephen Lock
Apr 24, 20232 min read
What Story Are You Telling Yourself?
One of my favourite leadership competencies is the ability of leaders to tell stories. This leadership skill starts with the stories we...
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Stephen Lock
Apr 24, 20232 min read
What if...?
This post was first published in January 2023, it's about helping leaders to keep going towards their best intentions. It's a funny time...
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Stephen Lock
Apr 24, 20232 min read
You Won't Change Anything Without This Tip
This post was first published at the end of 2022. It's about big changes achieved through small actions. Photo by Mick Haupt on Unsplash...
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Stephen Lock
Apr 24, 20232 min read
A Productivity Tip From Taoism
Achieving productivity and flow are two reasons why leadership is important in an organization. Photo by kazuend on Unsplash This week's...
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Stephen Lock
Apr 24, 20232 min read
Rewards Are All Internal
Ever wondered how leadership affects employee performance? Thinking about where your own happiness comes from can really help you with...
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Stephen Lock
Apr 24, 20232 min read
How to Put Things In Perspective (2)
This is the second of two companion posts on getting perspective in life. The first post was about how taking responsibility for things...
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Stephen Lock
Apr 24, 20233 min read
How To Put Things In Perspective (1)
Sometimes the role of a coach is to help leaders to put things into perspective. To see things more clearly than they would on their own....
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Stephen Lock
Apr 24, 20232 min read
A Question to Fight Imposter Syndrome
Of all the leadership capabilities and leadership competencies coaches help with, one of the most common is overcoming imposter syndrome....
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Stephen Lock
Apr 24, 20232 min read
You Can Use This Powerful Coaching Tool
One way you can develop your leadership and management skills is to borrow a tool or two from coaching. Photo by Andrew Seaman on...
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Stephen Lock
Apr 24, 20231 min read
A Positive Message From Your Future
What is leadership reflection? Perhaps it is about putting things in perspective. About placing ourselves in the long arc of time. Photo...
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Stephen Lock
Apr 24, 20232 min read
A Psychological Approach to Motivation
One reason why leadership is important in business is that it can help us with motivation. Coaching can help us with motivating...
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