Values are acknowledged so seldom at work (or even in our private lives) that it is sometimes difficult to appreciate just how important they are in driving our behaviour.  Here is an example of somebody who has acquired a position of immense power and who recognises the importance of identifying and working with values as [...]

Do you ever have to appeal to a lot of different people simultaneously? Perhaps you need to get your team motivated to rise to a tough challenge.  Perhaps you want to rally your friends to support a charitable cause.  Perhaps you have to design some marketing to appeal to as wide an audience as possible.  [...]

Do you ever stop to think why you get out of bed on dark, cold and wet winter mornings to slog your way through a grinding commute to work?  About what keeps you going under the pressures of a demanding career?  Have you reflected on why you get up in the middle of the night to feed a crying baby?  Or what [...]