by Margaret E Ward | Jun 26, 2026 | Company Culture, Leadership & Management
“Be nice to people on your way up the ladder because one day you’ll pass them on the way back down.” This timeless pearl of wisdom was delivered to me by my father when I was starting a short-lived career in investment banking in my early 20s. Dad had moved to New...
by Margaret E Ward | Jun 12, 2026 | Company Culture, Leadership & Management
The Irish are known internationally for the gift of the gab, and we have many colourful expressions for saying someone is too chatty. “He could talk for Ireland.” “She could talk the hind legs off a donkey.” “They’d live in your ear and rent the other one out for...
by Margaret E Ward | May 8, 2026 | Leadership & Management
The executive offices and boardrooms of the most successful companies are not full of people who know it all. They never were. Yet, in the age of the “strong leader”, this stereotype has fooled us into thinking that the best leaders know exactly where they’re going...
by Margaret E Ward | Mar 13, 2026 | Company Culture, Entrepreneurship, Leadership & Management
When you have a concern at work, do you raise it immediately, think it through carefully before mentioning it or just stay quiet? Is it safer to turn a blind eye to colleagues’ problematic behaviours and poor decision-making? Have you concealed your own mistakes...
by Margaret E Ward | Mar 6, 2026 | Entrepreneurship, Leadership & Management
Let’s say you run or own a successful business. The company is profitable, has a good product or service and loyal customers. You’ve enjoyed being your own boss, working hard with the team to solve client problems and love being in charge of your own destiny. But...
by Margaret E Ward | Jan 30, 2026 | Future of Work, Leadership & Management
Can measuring and valuing the wrong things lead to catastrophic outcomes for business and the world? Robert Sternberg, one of the most influential psychologists of the 20th century, thinks our limited understanding and measurement of human intelligence has led to...
