by Mark Donovan | Aug 11, 2022 | Uncategorised
Many senior leaders who say that developing their people is key to the success of their organization, don’t honestly believe in the merits of this work. If they did, it wouldn’t be the first thing to be cut, when the business climate starts getting tough! Imagine a...
by Mark Donovan | Aug 5, 2022 | Uncategorised
I used to deliver a train-the-trainer development programme for Maynooth College. At one of my sessions, a lady of seventy-five years of age, stood up in front of the full group and told us that the reason she was on this programme was, that she was changing career! I...
by Mark Donovan | Aug 4, 2022 | Uncategorised
Why do most people get promoted into leadership positions? The number one reason is, that we are good at doing things. Or as I like to put it, we are good rowers. When we get promoted, we get the extra 4.75 euros a week before tax. What do we now feel we need to do?...
by Mark Donovan | Jul 22, 2022 | Uncategorised
I read an interesting book called, ‘Chasing Daylight’ by Eugene O’Kelly. It tells the story of a high-flying executive who finds out that he only has three months to live after being diagnosed with brain cancer. He realized, that all the plans he and his wife had made...
by Mark Donovan | Jul 15, 2022 | Uncategorised
For many leaders today, organisational life is like being a hamster on a wheel. We are working extremely hard but we are getting nowhere fast! We make promises with good intentions but then don’t deliver on these. This hits the results we achieve and the personal...
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