by Mark Donovan | Feb 12, 2021 | Uncategorised
We now appreciate many things that in the past we took for granted. A lot of us with our parents, older family and friends said, ‘Ah yes, I’ll see them next week’. I think a lot of us now appreciate what in the past we took for granted. We’ve...
by Mark Donovan | Feb 5, 2021 | Uncategorised
In the early nineteenth century, Charles M. Schwab, who transferred the Bethlehem Steel Company into the largest steel producer in the world, issued a challenge over a dinner table to a consultant named Ivy Lee. “Show me a way to get more things done with my time and...
by Mark Donovan | Jan 15, 2021 | Uncategorised
We are in ‘lockdown again’. Our bars, restaurants, gyms and retail shops are closed. There are no sporting events or concerts that we can attend. We now have ‘increased discretionary time’. Even if we are working from home, apart from going for a walk or trying...
by Mark Donovan | Jan 8, 2021 | Uncategorised
I have made an amazing discovery from working with leaders on my development programmes and on my executive coaching projects. The people that do ‘the stuff’ get better. As a leadership consultant, a big part of my role is ‘holding my client’s feet to the...
by Mark Donovan | Dec 24, 2020 | Uncategorised
I left school at 16 in the mid-eighties to take up a bakery apprenticeship. I quickly realized that there was no long-term future in this business for me. The cakes I made would make a sword-swallower gag!. My mam had instilled in me that the only way to advance...
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