Ignorance is the number one killer for human beings and businesses. Taking time to proactively read the 'vital signs' of health provides protection and insight into ways to increase performance. 

The first place to reveal the health for the human body is a person’s blood. Health is essential for human growth and development, and the same is true for a business.

A blood test reveals four things:

Disease - What rogue elements are actively working against you with potentially critical consequences?

Conditions - What is reducing functionality and performance?

Function of organs - Are the key functions essential to good health working effectively?

Effectiveness of treatments - Have previous interventions rectified problems and resulted in good health?

So, what is the equivalent test for your company?

The answer: Conversations

Conversations are the blood-flow of an organisation; conversations taking place between leaders, managers, departments and external stakeholders. The conversa...

 It's time to stop running away and run toward moments that make us 'feel' small!

The journey of personal growth requires us to face challenges that are intimidating.

We all face moments when what we are faced with makes us feel small. 

In episode 5 of the High Performance Disciple podcast I share about the moment I had to face my intimidation. I had an opportunity to visit the Shard in London with a view to potentially hiring some surplus office space. The opportunity looked disproportionate to my age and stage of journey and whether it was right to do it or not wasn’t the question. It was the challenge to see myself as worthy of the opportunity. 

Whilst I didn’t follow through on the offer it was a breakthrough moment in seeing myself differently that led to me moving my family to London and expanding the vision for our future.

The moments when we feel like running away from challenge or opportunity because they ‘make us’ feel small are the very challenges we need to run enthusi...