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THE LEADERSHIP BLOG
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During the Covid pandemic I wanted to support my clients and network. I found that many leaders were facing similar challenges and I started sharing my thoughts and reflections based on the conversations I was having. I found a rhythm that I enjoyed and more importantly was valued by my network. I have continued that leadership blog and you can read it below.
Alistair Turner
Nov 3, 20225 min read
IT’S WORK JIM, BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT
A plummeting pound, collapsing markets, three prime ministers, the Red Roses still undefeated, my grandson starting to walk...
Alistair Turner
Jul 14, 20225 min read
Once More unto the Breach
In mid-May I headed south to the warmer climes of Sicily. Great food, wine, sun, culture and wonderful people...
Alistair Turner
Mar 31, 20223 min read
WHAT MATTERS, IS WHAT COUNTS
Two of my clients are in particularly privileged positions. Both have their ideal role, they are great at it, they don’t hanker for...
Alistair Turner
Mar 1, 20224 min read
Perspective Is Everything!
In May I am off for a few days to sunny Sicily with two mates and Major John Cotterill MBE, battlefield tour guide and my cousin...
Alistair Turner
Jan 18, 20224 min read
What Can Leaders Learn From Boxsets?
I love box sets or more accurately, ongoing streamed narratives! 24 first hooked me and since then my addiction has become total. Along...
Alistair Turner
Jan 7, 20224 min read
Herding cats – get used to the idea!
It’s tough being a grandparent – no seriously!
Many of our friends, perhaps not surprisingly, have recently also reached this...
Alistair Turner
Dec 1, 20215 min read
And so begins 2022!
This has been a funny old month.
Within 72 hours I had two extreme client conversations. One resulted from the shareholders taking...
Alistair Turner
Nov 1, 20214 min read
If You Want Straightforward Do Not Be A Leader
Earlier this month we spent a glorious week in the Lake District and my enjoyment was significantly enhanced by James Rebanks’ English...
Alistair Turner
Sep 1, 20214 min read
Where there is no vision, the people perish
Fifteen years ago, I took the opportunity to reflect on leadership lessons from the first fifteen years of my coaching career. I wrote...
Alistair Turner
Jul 1, 20214 min read
Once in a generation
“The competition to hire the best people will increase in the years ahead.
Companies that give extra flexibility to their employees will...
Alistair Turner
Jun 1, 20214 min read
Keep moving
In the last month I have; received my second vaccination, had a 6-month post op check-up (all clear – hurrah!), found real face to face...
Alistair Turner
May 1, 20215 min read
Align the surf boards
In the past twenty years or so, I have often found myself encouraging clients to acknowledge reality and get on with it (align the surf...
Alistair Turner
Apr 1, 20215 min read
Time to step up
In a month when ‘that Oprah interview’ has been worldwide news, I have had a number of coaching conversations which left me confused...
Alistair Turner
Mar 1, 20217 min read
Courage
My friend Kate has spent the last 9 months living in a dingy little flat while her 30 year marriage disintegrates...
Alistair Turner
Feb 1, 20216 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
Jan 1, 20215 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
Dec 1, 20204 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
Nov 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
Oct 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
Aug 31, 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
Jul 31, 20204 min read
Leadership fundamentals are timeless
‘The context is always changing, but the fundamentals of leadership rarely do.’
Alistair Turner
Jun 30, 20203 min read
Keep calm and communicate
Leaders are more tired and yet it is getting tougher!
Alistair Turner
May 31, 20204 min read
Complexity
‘ It is no longer complicated, it is complex’.
Alistair Turner
May 14, 20202 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
Apr 30, 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
Apr 16, 20203 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 8, 20202 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 2, 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
Mar 26, 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 16, 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...
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