Author: Ian Burton

Parents universally hope that their children develop leadership qualities.  They know that leaders are people who are effective in what they do, are respected by others, and typically rewarded for those skills in a variety of ways.  It is in these formative years that, through our parents, we first see leadership as desirable and important.

Today (10th June, 2021) , for the second time in a couple of months, my account has been disabled (and possibly deleted). No warning, no reason. I try to find a way to find out what’s going on, but all I get is a request to confirm my login details (via SMS), and I get…

A great cloud of jargon, debate, and junk theory surrounds the idea of leadership, what it is, who does it, and how to do it well. But if you have just been promoted, and you’re responsible for a group for the first time, there are only a few things you really need to know about…

Can emotional intelligence be taught? How do you know if you are emotionally intelligent? Emotional Intelligence, and our ability to draw on it as a reserve helps us in so many ways: from assisting in looking after our physical and mental health and well-being, through to our ability to inspire and lead. For all of…

I had to rebuild my UniFi CloudKey Gen2 recently, and in the process lost the LetsEncrypt SSL configuration (guess who’s the silly one who forgot to back up). Turns out others have made the job a lot easier over time! I found 2 documents that fully satisfied my requirements. The first from James Ridgway gave…