by Pete O'Keeffe | Mar 19, 2024 | Blog, Leadership, Tips & Ideas
Being a leader in your small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) is more than just giving orders. It’s about guiding your team towards success, fostering a positive culture, and setting the right example. In this article, we’ll explore: The key differences... by Pete O'Keeffe | Mar 13, 2024 | Blog, Leadership
ENERGY & LEADERSHIP Energy requirements are integral to our human needs. We need energy for warmth, powering our modes of transport, and to fuel our bodies to work. More wars have been fought over the requirement for energy than possibly any other subject, except... 
by Pete O'Keeffe | Mar 5, 2024 | Blog, Leadership
Moral Courage is a value that is lacking in many Leaders. What is Moral Courage? In this excellent article by Matthew Syed, he says, it is, ‘the willingness to encompass personal risk on behalf of a bigger ideal.’ This is not what is being displayed by... 
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... 