Colin Newhouse
Oct 8, 20221 min read
THE RETURN TO THE OFFICE... The "how to" is not easy!
If there’s one common factor among our clients, it’s that none of them have found the “magic bullet” solution to seamlessly manage the...
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Colin Newhouse
Aug 25, 20222 min read
Perfectionism: A Curse or a Gift?
Perfectionistic people have gained a bad reputation over the last few years We all know these examples: the boss who always seems to...
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Colin Newhouse
Jul 13, 20223 min read
Counterintuitive leadership
Thinking the impossible makes it possible I’ve been a motorcyclist for many years and early on in my two-wheel career I learnt a maneuver...
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Colin Newhouse
Jun 7, 20222 min read
Virtual meetings and Hybrid work - loyalty affected?
A few months ago I wrote an article for this blog on “Effective Teamwork in Challenging Times”. I drew attention to the fact that the...
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Colin Newhouse
Mar 31, 20224 min read
Being “soft” pays
Early in my career I was working for a large aerospace company in charge of several important organizational development (OD) projects. I...
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Colin Newhouse
Feb 1, 20224 min read
The Workplace: Democracy or Dictatorship?
The culture survey results were shocking: key employees were leaving the organization because they perceived their managers were...
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Colin Newhouse
Dec 1, 20216 min read
The Great Resignation, a story full of lessons
We’re calling it The Great Resignation and it became up close and personal for me just a few days ago. I received a call from one of our...
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Colin Newhouse
Oct 31, 20215 min read
Is Training Dead?
Is there any point in Leadership and Management Development Training? I recently turned down an opportunity to design and deliver a large...
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Colin Newhouse
Sep 30, 20212 min read
The Power of Creativity
If you’ve used a “Post-It” recently, taken a Uber or Lyft car ride, walked through automatic self-opening doors or simply clicked your...
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Colin Newhouse
Aug 31, 20214 min read
Coaching: Does it work?
It has been impossible for us not to notice the explosion in the industry of coaching over the last few years: Life coaching, Leadership...
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Colin Newhouse
Jun 1, 20213 min read
Effective Teamwork in Challenging Times
How to overperform when most meetings are virtual. We all know when we are working in a great team. Levels of collaboration are high,...
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Colin Newhouse
May 1, 20214 min read
Leadership for the New Future
Exciting times. Leaders of all types and in all fields are being tested at the moment and, until the current pandemic is finally over,...
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Colin Newhouse
Mar 31, 20215 min read
Leadership: the best reads
I’m often asked by my clients in Senior Management positions what good books on leadership I can recommend to them. More often than not,...
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Colin Newhouse
Feb 1, 20215 min read
Culture change
Managing the Iceberg Our team has completed several organizational culture surveys over the past year. Our clients are in the whole range...
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Colin Newhouse
Jan 1, 20214 min read
Merging or Acquiring?
Get your culture right! Earlier this year, one of our clients made what seemed at first glance to be a counterintuitive decision. They...
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