Jon Mechan
Your Words Have Power
A few years ago I was given the opportunity to work with a coach who helped me with, amongst many other things, my unwitting use of...
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Levelling Up Extraordinary Leaders
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One Impactful Change
What one thing, if it were different, would have the most impact on your life? I was having a conversation with a friend the other day...
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How to Onboard Successfully
Onboarding yourself into a new role can be a scary time. It's like being the new kid at school, and you don't know where the toilets are,...
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Creating Psychological Safety
I watched the finale of the most recent series of The Apprentice (UK) the other day. It's an interesting show. Not because it's in any...
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Managing Career Transitions
A few years ago, a client of mine lost his job. Here's how we got him a role he loves. (I'll call him 'Jim' in this article.) Step 1:...
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Leadership and Motivation
A friend of mine runs marathons for fun. I can't imagine anything worse. For him, the motivation of the achievement is super powerful. He...
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Curiosity as a Leadership Mindset
"I don't care, I want someone to blame." You can learn a lot from bad leaders. We had been troubleshooting a major outage all weekend,...
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Hire for Attitude, Train for Skill
A wise man once told me, "Hire for Attitude, Train for Skill". It has stuck with me ever since. When you're looking at recruiting for...
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About Imposter Syndrome
Many leaders suffer from Imposter Syndrome. It is a frequent problem among many people during their careers, with one survey suggesting...
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Defining Organizational Culture
Culture is defined by the people. But it is strongly influenced by leadership. This is because leadership defines the norms and...
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How to Plan and Reflect
As a leader, you are no use to anyone if you don't take time to think. You need to carve out time both to plan and to reflect if you want...
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How to Protect Free Time
In order to think more clearly you need to stop. Take a break. Rest. A couple of weeks ago I talked about using the Three Day System to...
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1+1 is more than 2
One-on-One meetings are one of the most important things you can do as a leader and manager. Vision and Strategy are useless if you don't...
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Meetings of the Mind
People hate meetings. Now I don't believe that's actually true. People hate meetings that are pointless, inefficient, and a waste of...
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Time, Interrupted
Email. Slack. Teams. Telegram. Signal. WhatsApp. Discord. These are my primary sources of interruptions. Last time we talked about what...
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It's About Time
"I opened up my calendar on Monday morning and saw that I had 37 meetings this week." A client said that to me last week. Another one...
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Traditional First Post
Well here it is, the traditional first post on a blog. This isn't going to be long, or complicated. But what it will be is a start. This...
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