by Mark Donovan | Sep 1, 2023 | Uncategorised
I was working with a leadership team a while back. At the end of one of the group sessions. a member of the team came to me, she was upset. She said that she felt like an ‘imposter’ in the room and didn’t deserve to be there. She said she had no real talents and...
by Mark Donovan | Aug 28, 2023 | Uncategorised
My next programme starts on the 20th of September ’23 (it is 5 days spread over 4 months). The normal cost per participant is €1,500, I have managed to get limited skillnet funding of 30%, so the cost to you is €1,050. “Of all the courses, training and...
by Mark Donovan | Aug 18, 2023 | Uncategorised
In school, we are taught the merit system, that’s the system that claims the world rewards us according to how much ability we have and how hard we work. But alas, your school, my school, and all schools are wrong about that. The world rewards us not according to how...
by Mark Donovan | Jul 28, 2023 | Uncategorised
One of the main reasons that we as leaders don’t keep our word and do what we say we’ll do, is our difficulty in coping with the ever-demanding pressures and demands put on us. In my work with clients from a wide range of business sectors, the mantra today seems to...
by Mark Donovan | Jul 21, 2023 | Uncategorised
I was recently working with a company to raise its employee engagement and increase its staff retention. Study after study has shown that appreciation is one of the key workplace engagers. When I work with leadership teams one of the first things I ask them is, ‘what...
by Mark Donovan | Jul 14, 2023 | Uncategorised
The question I want to ask you today is… Do you want to be liked or do you want to be respected? When I ask this question to leaders that I work with, they all say they want to be respected. But when we start to examine the behaviors they exhibit, it is quite the...
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