Building Beliefs – Creating A Tailwind For Extra Speed
Jamie MacPherson is an Associate Performance Consultant for Will It Make The Boat Go Faster? and has been working in the world of leadership development for fifteen years. Jamie is interested in the relationship between behaviours that we demonstrate and how that affects the perception of leadership with others, ultimately affecting the performance levels that we […]
Don’t ask ‘What’s Wrong?’ ask ‘What’s Possible?’
Dr. Cath Bishop is a World Champion, Olympic Silver Medallist and former International Diplomat. Cath now works as a leadership speaker, consultant and facilitator for Will It Make The Boat Go Faster? drawing on her practical experience from two high pressure careers as an Olympic rower and a senior diplomat specialising in conflict stabilisation. Athletes do […]
Performance Under Pressure Dinners
On February 1st and 2nd Will It Make The Boat Go Faster? were delighted to host Performance Dinners with our friends and partners from a host of different organisations. Joining us were CEO’s, MD’s, HRD’s and more from organisations such as Rolls Royce, Imagination Technologies, HobbyCraft, Laurent Perrier, Tokio Millenium, Jewson and Brunel University to […]
Mastering Significant Change
Top tips for dealing with change head-on I made the rather worrying calculation the other day that I have been working since 1988 – yes, that’s right, 1988! – in the world of leadership development and employee engagement. The fresh-faced Tom Barry that left a management role in the emerging electronics industry went onto two […]
3 Tips for Getting Motivated – Banish the Post-Holiday Blues
After spending a week or two relaxing on a beach, hiking in Scotland or many long weekends in the garden, you might imagine your team are refueled and eager to get back to performing within their role. In reality, despite our best intentions, this is the time of year to start thinking about motivation and […]
Improving Business Performance – Strategies that Work
Improving business performance – Back to basics The end of September marks the beginning of the end of the year. It’s an excellent time to take a step back and review how you have performed over the last 9 months and, crucially, consider how you will improve that performance in Q4 and into next year. It can […]