Preaching what we Practise

Preaching what we Practise

As most know I have moved to a founding director role at RedBalloon – Kristie Buchanan CEO has well and truly put her stamp on the business as she leads the business to it’s next phase of growth. We presented last week at the Growth Summit to fellow entrepreneurs on...

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Where did our values come from?

Where did our values come from?

As we approach our 10 years anniversary I realize that not everyone knows the origins of the way we do things. Megan, the RedBalloon employee experience manager, asked me to document where our values came from. Our values are such an integral part of life at...

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Four key elements to authentic leadership

Four key elements to authentic leadership

Thoughts about authentic leadership I was asked to speak recently to an audience about difference between leadership and management, and this led me to consider many aspects of authentic leadership, If you read my blog regularly you will know that I have some very...

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Definition of leadership.

Definition of leadership.

Definition of leadership There are many views on leadership and the definition of leadership. I was speaking with a friend on the weekend and he said that the single greatest trait of a true leader is that they live in a world without blame. A great leader takes...

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Lessons in Leadership.

Lessons in Leadership.

Leadership is one of our core values at RedBalloon. I have often been asked to define leadership especially if the team member is not in a management role. I say we are all leaders? but I liked this definition. I do not know who wrote the quote below… It is part...

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