Courage
My friend Kate has spent the last 9 months living in a dingy little flat while her 30 year marriage disintegrates...
Alistair Turner
Mar 1, 20217 min read
Let common sense prevail
Over the last two months, in my darkest moments I have prayed to a God, that I don’t believe exists, promising that if only he/she/they...
Alistair Turner
Feb 1, 20216 min read
In sickness and in health
December has been quite a month. On the same day that my reflections dropped in to your inbox, I was checking in to London Bridge...
Alistair Turner
Jan 1, 20215 min read
We are all human
Despite all the gloom, human beings remain diverse, creative, funny and passionate.
At the beginning of last month we found ourselves...
Alistair Turner
Dec 1, 20204 min read
It will pass
I am writing this in a converted brick shed in a strangers back garden in deepest rural Yorkshire. At the last minute...
Alistair Turner
Nov 1, 20204 min read
Ignore the context at your peril
I am writing this to the sound of the wind howling around our rooftop and the waves pounding on to the beach. Yesterday evening I found...
Alistair Turner
Oct 2, 20204 min read
Be the role model you need to be
Observation ‘Commitment vs Entitlement’ Mark is my longest standing friend; I have known him since we were at primary school together. He...
Alistair Turner
Sep 1, 20204 min read
Leadership fundamentals are timeless
‘The context is always changing, but the fundamentals of leadership rarely do.’
Alistair Turner
Aug 1, 20204 min read
Keep calm and communicate
Leaders are more tired and yet it is getting tougher!
Alistair Turner
Jul 1, 20203 min read
Complexity
‘ It is no longer complicated, it is complex’.
Alistair Turner
Jun 1, 20204 min read
Deal with the reality
During a workshop this week, one of my clients shared this insight from an article he had been reading (thanks Stephan): in major wars...
Alistair Turner
May 15, 20202 min read
Don’t panic
We were a bit flat in our household this week. My daughter and I were feeling under the weather and we were all very aware that if it...
Alistair Turner
May 1, 20202 min read
Planning is indispensable
Going into week 6, some of your team are bound to be a combination of tired, anxious, frustrated, bored and probably a bit ‘stir crazy’...
Alistair Turner
Apr 17, 20203 min read
Don’t waste a crisis
I suspect like many, I spent the first 10 days of WFH doing sensible stretching and exercise. Even my back, which is in a continual state...
Alistair Turner
Apr 9, 20202 min read
Planning for a route march
People are stressed and leaders are not immune from this. Many of my conversations have a much higher level of anxiety than usual...
Alistair Turner
Apr 3, 20202 min read
Realisation dawning
Based on talking to my clients my instinct is that a small number (5-10%) of businesses are facing short term existential threats...
Alistair Turner
Mar 26, 20202 min read
It all begins
Now, perhaps more than ever, is the time when you need to give people (colleagues and clients) a clear current message but also remind...
Alistair Turner
Mar 16, 20202 min read