by John Drury | Mar 7, 2024 | Leadership Articles, Planning
‘Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans’ is a line from John Lennon’s song, ‘Beautiful Boy’. The key thought behind this often-quoted lyric is that life just happens. It is serendipitous. It happens best by chance. In effect Lennon was...
by John Drury | Feb 16, 2024 | Finishing Well, Mindset, Personal Growth, Planning, Rhythm of Life, Self Leadership, Small Business, values, wellbeing
I have been thinking a lot about what drives me in business. While making money is important, I can honestly say money is not the main driver. The passion underneath it all has become clearer and clearer the longer I work as a mentor to businesspeople. My latest...
by John Drury | Jan 15, 2024 | Leadership Articles, Mindset, Personal Growth, Planning, Rhythm of Life, Self Leadership, wellbeing
It was Stephen Covey, in his book, First Things First, who famously challenged us to consider changing the way we think about time: from the clock to the compass. Clock thinking is all about maximizing our efforts with all our daily activities. Compass thinking is...
by John Drury | Nov 21, 2023 | Finishing Well, Mindset, Personal Growth, Planning, Rhythm of Life, Self Leadership, wellbeing
In his recent book, Hidden Potential, Adam Grant argues that innate talent is overrated. Somewhat surprisingly, he also shows that courses for learning related skills, or coaching programs, are not the main keys to releasing potential. He shows from a range of...
by John Drury | Oct 27, 2023 | Leadership Articles, Personal Growth, Planning, Self Leadership, Small Business, wellbeing
A business owner who learns how to lead people can build an empowered team How to turn your employees into an empowered team Do you have helpers awaiting instruction or an empowered team? Employees in the same business do not automatically become team. I...
by John Drury | Oct 20, 2023 | Leadership Articles, Personal Growth, Planning, Self Leadership, Small Business, wellbeing
A business owner must learn how to lead people How to turn your employees into an empowered team Do you have helpers awaiting instruction or an empowered team? Employees in the same business do not automatically become team. I work in many businesses...
