Tag: leadership
Highlights from an MBA: Leadership
By Meike Beckford In the last few weeks, my two worlds of MBA and social care have come together on the topic of leadership. First, at a Skills for Care ‘Well Led’ training course and then on my ‘Responsible Leadership’ module, I have (re-)discovered the concept of tame and wicked problems and the different requirements… Read More ›
Leadership and Engagement Pack (March)
Welcome to this month’s Leadership and Engagement Pack (March 2020) One of the highlights of putting together the ‘Leadership & Engagement’ pack is when I receive articles written especially for the monthly edition by Damian and Meike and this month is no exception so thank you both for the contributions. Our first article is from… Read More ›
Leadership and Engagement Pack (February 2020)
Welcome to the Leadership and Engagement Pack (February 2020) Each month I look forward to receiving two blog posts from ‘thought leaders’ I admire and respect. I always learn something new and they make me think and develop me as a leader. I would like to share these posts and they are the first two… Read More ›
Leadership and Engagement Pack (January)
Welcome to the Leadership and Engagement Pack (January 2020). “We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives… not looking for flaws, but… Read More ›
Get up and go! Take a leap forward in 2020
Resolutions? Let’s face it, more often than not we don’t keep them. So let’s change the word to ‘Commitments’ as in “I am going to make some commitments in my life and in my career”. It feels different – using the word Commitment feels like it has a purpose. So….. Make 2020 your best with… Read More ›
Highlights from an MBA
By Meike Beckford, Lead Director for Dosh For my second post for this series of MBA highlights, I have been looking through the ‘archives’ of some of my earlier topics and stumbled upon operations management. I admit, it sounds dull! However; as soon as you start looking into it, you realise how fundamental it is… Read More ›
Leadership and Engagement Pack (November)
Welcome to this month’s Leadership and Engagement Pack (November 2019). Some years ago I wrote a blog post (appears as the last article in this edition) I commented on one of those three bosses: “You feel excited by what is coming next. You never quite know what to expect when you receive an email, or… Read More ›
Find people who make you better (part 2)
I am interviewing our second candidate with Meike Beckford, Dosh’s Financial Advocacy Manager for a position with Dosh Ltd, a company I have had the honour of being the Managing Director for over the last 10 years. It is my turn to be asked a question by the interviewee and to be honest it is… Read More ›
Leadership Pack (September)
Welcome to this month’s edition of Leadership Pack (September 2019). Damian Piper, our resident Performance coach and consultant, starts this edition with ‘Time to get serious about time’ I am always looking for a different or new take on Time Management and, as ever, Damian doesn’t disappoint, with some original ideas which I will ponder… Read More ›
Leadership Pack (August)
Welcome to the Leadership Pack (August 2019). Damian Piper, our Performance coach and consultant, starts this edition discussing ‘Owning your commitment’ Have you checked out Damian’s podcasts yet? They are available at http://www.effectivechallenge.com/podcasts or on all the major podcast platforms. This month I have included two of my own posts. Whilst on holiday in 2014… Read More ›
