One of my quiet, secret pleasures is mending things. I’m not great with power tools (yet) but pretty handy with a needle and thread. I darn socks, sweaters, the annoying toe-holes in my pricier stockings and sweaters; buttons get sewn on; seams on split boys’ trousers repaired and, occasionally, the sewing machine comes out, though… read more

My team plumber blog led to a couple of requests for blogs on specific themes, one of which was some thoughts on the management and leadership of virtual teams. Many of us are now part of global, dispersed teams. Much has been written about why the world needs dispersed teams; and how to make them… read more

  When I started my own business, it was 2012, the summer of the London Olympics. I dreamed of spending more time coaching leadership teams. You couldn’t escape, then, from all the talk about teamwork and coaching, and like many I was inspired by the minute attention to incremental improvement evidenced by the British cycling… read more