In a recent meeting where we’d got some of our prospective clients together to discuss how we could work with each other in the future, a disturbing message was delivered to us at Sewells. The consensus was, “We’re not sure what you, as a company, do!” It was like a dagger going into the heart for … Continue reading

Let’s cut to the quick; we help you embed truly inspirational, day-to-day leadership skills in your managers so they can motivate their teams to perform at levels never seen before. What better initiative could you introduce in 2019? What impact would it have on your results? We can tell you … it would be SENSATIONAL! … Continue reading

In the last six months of 2018 we’ve been inundated with enquiries for our world-renowned business improvement programmes.   These enquiries have ranged from delivering profitable sales growth, inspirational leadership to motivate and inspire passion in teams, building an “unstoppable” culture to improve performance, making “dysfunctional” teams “function” again etc…   The frustrating thing from our point of view is … Continue reading

We, like you, have been reflecting on how things have gone in 2018 … it’s a natural and normal thing to do at this time of the year.   How has your organisation fared? How would you score what you and your organisation have achieved in 2018?   It’s a time of reflection and resolution, … Continue reading

For years, organisations have lavished time and money on improving the capabilities of managers and on nurturing new leadership skills. Yet most fail to improve leadership capability, to develop a “one team” spirit at the senior level – or to improve results on a sustainable basis.   Why is this?   Side-stepping four common mistakes … Continue reading

Every organisation needs strong leadership at the top. That’s obvious, but it’s also not enough: leaders are needed throughout the company, in every area and at every level.   When you have people with leadership potential in roles where they can make important decisions, be innovative in order to achieve goals and reach targets and … Continue reading

Sports people train with coaches their entire career to achieve outstanding performance. So, why wouldn’t we in business? What puts many of us off is that we’re not really sure what effective coaching is, what it looks like, or even what’s involved. We’re even a little vague about the benefits. Add to that choosing the … Continue reading

Yesterday I thought I’d been stood up by a potential new, large client.   I was sitting in a hotel reception, waiting to meet him … and he finally showed up … wait for it … 58 minutes late!   As it turns out his car had broken down, but not because of something unpredictable, … Continue reading

Motivation isn’t about getting people “fired up” by a “motivational speaker” at a one-off seminar or annual conference. Nor is it about selling the same ideal of success to everyone promising the world but really just trotting out the same old trite ideas like:-   Surround yourself with successful people! Get negativity out of your … Continue reading

You must have a level of discontent to feel the urge to want to improve. Self-improvement is part of the human experience; we all have things we’d like to change about ourselves. And every leader knows you have to constantly adapt and improve if you want to achieve greatness. Whatever you’re working toward, it’s important … Continue reading