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Andrew J Calvert
Jul 4, 20220 min read


Meaning, Purpose and You
In coaching sessions around career planning I have a "go to" question set that I share with my client to provide a lens with from which...

Andrew J Calvert
Jun 30, 20221 min read


Building a relationship with a new colleague
Up down and across... You have a new manager, a new junior colleague a new peer. What do you do? If you hear about them ahead of time...

Andrew J Calvert
Jun 28, 20221 min read


Shift Happens
What happens if you stay in one place too long? As the world around us changes , we need to relentlessly review our choices and...

Andrew J Calvert
Jun 23, 20221 min read


Take Five
Not the Brubeck song, just five minutes of birdsong and dappled sunlight on leaves. Take five minutes to watch this and sit, breathe,...

Andrew J Calvert
Jun 21, 20221 min read


World refugee day
On world refugee day a very old quote.

Andrew J Calvert
Jun 20, 20221 min read


Promotion and Responsibility
My first big promotion to Husband was followed a couple of years later to Father. There are many reasons to work, build and grow. My two...

Andrew J Calvert
Jun 19, 20221 min read


The space between us
I recently read of a study that suggested if you move two people’s desks a mere 15 feet further apart, they tend to interact as much as...

Andrew J Calvert
Jun 16, 20221 min read


Sometimes doing everything right is not enough (and it's not your fault)
Recognize that at some point you will be doing your job well, you‘ll be able to deliver good work day in and day out, and one day you...

Andrew J Calvert
Jun 14, 20222 min read



Andrew J Calvert
Jun 13, 20220 min read


Anyone going to Blaydon?
On this day, about this time, one hundred and sixty years ago...

Andrew J Calvert
Jun 9, 20221 min read


On Leadership and Being
There is a change in what leadership development is addressing In the past leadership used to be about how to how to give feedback how to...

Andrew J Calvert
Jun 9, 20221 min read


Just in time doesn't mean at the last minute
Just in time production minimizes cost, labor and materials in the manufacturing process. Just in time learning promotes need-related...

Andrew J Calvert
Jun 7, 20221 min read



Andrew J Calvert
Jun 5, 20220 min read


When you argue
As the new general manager in an office of 70+ staff I had this sign on my wall as a reminder to myself and my team. In previous roles I...

Andrew J Calvert
Jun 2, 20221 min read


Kammavaca: Precepts for a new beginning
One of the most sacred Burmese religious texts, the 'Kammavaca' contains the rules for monastic life, conduct and ceremonies. This is a...

Andrew J Calvert
May 31, 20221 min read



Andrew J Calvert
May 29, 20220 min read


Upon Waking?
What’s your morning routine? Alarm wakes you up You reach for your phone to silence it You see all those notifications and boom you're...

Andrew J Calvert
May 26, 20221 min read


Pulse surveys
I've taken employee surveys almost my entire corporate career. Initially they were annual and in response to an event as opposed to an...

Andrew J Calvert
May 26, 20221 min read


Building Mental Agility (part one of an occasional series)
Our brains process huge amounts of information daily. We create shortcuts to save energy, those shortcuts give us blind spots What is...

Andrew J Calvert
May 24, 20221 min read
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