All organisations, whether they are commercial businesses, sports teams, non-profit social enterprises or government departments rely on leadership to some extent or other. Bear in mind that leadership does not always come from the top of an organisation. In any institution or business that is run well, leadership models [...]
It is a reasonable question to ask, whether you are a leader of a sports team, a multinational business, a start-up enterprise or a public sector body. Just why should you attend leadership training? Surely, if you are a leader, then you already have what it takes to show [...]
From Steve Bird GBG Head of Facilitation Corporate Battlefields Why is the top of the Hill so important? Martin Scheepbouwer and his OLX team – Waterloo 2017 I have no idea what 2019 holds for business! The future is never easy to predict. If it were, experts would get it right more [...]
A Testimonial Wow! – A Poem that said it all! A leadership outcome uniquely and intriguingly delivered ‘International Airport slot management company, ACL, were faced with the departure of their MD, a lack of clarity around their future and a disunited senior management team. Corporate Battlefields were called in to help [...]
‘Band of Brothers’ It is worth noting that during the Napoleonic wars Britons were more fearful of Napoleon than they were of Hitler in 1939. At the Battle of Trafalgar on the 21st October 1805 arguably Britain’s greatest leader, Lord Horatio Nelson was carried mortally wounded from his quarterdeck in the [...]
CB is to deliver ‘Mission Command’ to the OLX Group senior team in January. The battlefield of Waterloo will be the platform but not the purpose.
Waterloo Bicentennial Tour -Thursday 18th June.The day started overcast and it then drizzled. We headed via the Royal Waterloo Golf Club out to Ziethen’s Crossroads to learn the tale of that great Prussian chance decision that helped save the day for the Allies. Steve Bird then gave a presentation [...]
What is experiential learning, and why is it one of the most effective tools for coaching senior management? The Nuffield Farming Scholarship Trust at Waterloo break off into syndicates to consider leadership challenges faced in 1815. ‘Organizations, businesses, or schools who invest in training for their employees or students are trying [...]
Brother UK at Wattisham One of the most often questions I’m asked is – ‘How do you fit it all in?’ Running a large company, riding a bike for 5-6 hours a week, attending dinners and functions, writing blogs, being a family head, public speaking, being President of a large community [...]
