I was listening to Eddie Jordan on the radio yesterday talking about Lewis Hamilton and his outstanding achievements in his first Formula 1 championship on the McLaren Mercedes team. Eddie commented that both Hamilton and his team mate Fernando Alonso are so determined to beat one another that the team’s performance is improving with each [...]

People are different; we all know that. So why is it that many of us go out looking for clones of ourselves when recruiting new team members? Steve Portigal quotes the New York Times in his ponderings about how to make different working styles compliment each other rather than creating friction. It’s an interesting question, and one [...]

I’ve just been watching the rugby and was delighted to see Ireland beat Australia 21-6 in a rainy Lansdowne stadium this afternoon.  There was a time when we would never have expected the Irish team to be in such a position; so what made the difference for the guys out there today?