That ‘gregarious’ person at work you always dump pitches, presentations and/or public speaking gigs on – do they really love it? Or did you just assume so? Many years ago, mainly because my friends and my mum said I was funny, I completed a stand-up comedy course with the Amused Moose comedy club. After ‘graduating’ from the course, I slowly started to realise (through a fug of pre-ban cigarette smoke) that I could actually make a room full of people laugh. It was a hobby, th

The other side of the leadership coin is followership – one cannot exist without the other, but the latter is perhaps not so well explored and understood. We understand the notion that we are all called to be leaders at times, according to context, need and appropriate skills and knowledge, but recognising ourselves as followers? Does it feel great to class ourselves as a follower? Followership is not about acquiescence; it is about empowerment. It is about recognising that y

Let’s consider your car for a minute. It’s your reliable workhorse that you have created quite a dependency on. It gets you to work, your kids to school, takes you for your leisure time. In return you look after it. You take it to the garage at least once a year for a service and testing. When it starts to make funny noises you get anxious and take it to be looked at and any problems resolved. You clean it, check the tyres and keep its tank filled with fuel whenever it needs

Getting away from it all is often really helpful to shift the mind from the day to day to the important issues. This can be of particular importance to global and remote teams spread across borders, time zones and cultures. Our belief is that bringing people together is both a privilege and critical to business success. We have run team off sites for globally dispersed teams in the UK, USA, Singapore and the Middle East – and everyone hugely appreciated the effort and the

There are very few businesses or indeed areas in life where teams are not involved: from the sports field to the board room by way of the family unit – teams are everywhere. Teams get more and more globally dispersed across time zones, languages and cultures and they need some help being the best possible team they can be. Everyone at TMD has experience being part of and running teams, and we’re hugely proud of the team that we have. We therefore specialise in working with

As a business we recognise that you need to bring your best at all times. At TMD we believe that the key differentiation between good and great organisations lies in the most fundamental resource they have – their people. High performance in organisations is the product of great teams, great leaders and great culture. Balancing these three challenges is an extreme challenge, and TMD is here to help you ensure that you are best equipped to ensure success in each area. We see t

We believe that developing leaders, teams and cultures should: Inspire individuals through insights and new knowledge, Elevate thinking through discussion and debate Evoke new practices and approaches to challenges they are facing We understand that time for learning is valuable and at times a scarce commodity so TMD works to make sure that every minute counts. We align all content to key strategic learning outcomes and work closely with our clients to create a genuine partne