When I ask groups how feedback should be given, there’s always someone who mentions the Hamburger Approach.
This is the theory that you should start by saying something positive (the white bread), move on to what you really want to say – apparently often negative – and then close with something a bit more positive (more refined carbs?).
But what appears to be a balanced diet is just junk food
Moyra Mackie helps leaders and teams to work with courage, compassion and creativity. She is an executive coach and consultant and the founder of Mackie Consulting.
Moyra Mackie helps leaders and teams to work with courage, compassion and creativity. She is an executive coach and consultant and the founder of Mackie Consulting.
Much has been written about what motivates and drives people.
Perhaps we can condense this all into the notion that at its simplest, what drives us is a desire to feel loved and accepted, to feel physically and emotionally safe.
Down the ages our desire to “be safe” has been reflected in where we choose to live, what we use to defend ourselves and who we choose to care about and trust.
So what does this have to do with leading others in modern corporate life?
Moyra Mackie helps leaders and teams to work with courage, compassion and creativity. She is an executive coach and consultant and the founder of Mackie Consulting.
Where I grew up in Zimbabwe, you forecast the weather by looking at the calendar. There we have two seasons; wet or dry. Bad weather is when the rain doesn’t fall.
You can tell that moving to the UK must have been quite a shock.
Whilst I’m still most at home in strong heat and light, in the northern hemisphere my favourite season is definitely spring. And this week I have been reminded of how tough a season spring can be. Just as the bulbs and blossom appeared, the weather returned to winter.
As a keen gardener, I was struck by the thought that if you are a leader, you can do a lot to help those around you withstand the cold winds of shrinking budgets and increasing targets by thinking about it from a gardener’s perspective.
Gardening is about both leading and managing change. Here are three things all successful gardeners do.
Moyra Mackie helps leaders and teams to work with courage, compassion and creativity. She is an executive coach and consultant and the founder of Mackie Consulting.
