by Pete O'Keeffe | Feb 14, 2024 | Blog, Building and leading a team, Leadership
(1) If you’re a leader, listen to your followers. The kind of leaders people follow do more than conduct business in their interactions; they take time to get a feel for who they are as a person. Philip Stanhope, the Earl of Chesterfield, believed, ‘Many a... 
by Pete O'Keeffe | Feb 6, 2024 | Blog, Leadership, Tips & Ideas
Bureaucracy gone silly I am never ceased to be amazed at the bureaucracy that stymies many initiatives in the UK. Coming from the Antipodean Islands of New Zealand, where we have a pretty pragmatic approach to getting ‘things done,’ I just continually... 
by Pete O'Keeffe | Jan 30, 2024 | Building and leading a team, Leadership, Tips & Ideas
HAVING A DREAM AND A VISION Picture yourself beside a sparkling cascading river in, in some of the most sweltering conditions you’ve every been in. As you wipe the sweat from your face you keep fiddling with the metal bowel in your hand, as the continuous movement of... 
by Pete O'Keeffe | Jan 16, 2024 | Uncategorised
One of the main reasons for a stoppage in results is that you’re not practicing the fundamentals. Understand you can work your way out of it. You can always get more money, but you can never get back time. Life is full of cycles. They don’t last forever, so take... 
by Pete O'Keeffe | Dec 11, 2023 | Blog, Persuasion
Fear is the greatest obstacle to learning. Mike Tyson was one of the most feared boxers in boxing history. How he overcame fear and learnt to be one of the best heavyweight boxers ever is outlined in his book, Iron Ambition: My Life With Cus D’Amato. This is... 