Festive furore

It's that time of year again, where we rush around in a frenzy of present buying and socialising, excessive eating, drinking and occasionally regrets for the effects of such overindulgence.

It strikes me that this is just like business life where increasingly every day is as busy as the build up to Christimas. It is rare that we have time to stop and see the wood for the trees and really think about the purpose or true meaning of our job role.

Excessive working hours or an unbalanced approach to leadership can lead to regret through stress, broken home lives or loss of valued staff members through lack of attention. Perhaps, we as leaders need to take stock every now and then and be wary of being swept along in the year long festive furore that is the 21st century workplace.