Preparing yourself for the top role means knowing how things might go wrong. Bitesize Boss gives some advice on protecting the organisation and yourself should the lava begin to flow.

Getting your head around the hard parts of top level leadership is important so you are not surprised when things get tough. Bitesize Boss asks: how ready are you to be lonely?

Preparation is all if you are to campaign for a top position. Bitesize Boss quotes from a pop music phenomenon.

Getting to the top of an organisation and succeeding there is an art. Bitesize Boss discusses here how to stand out from the crowd...with a little help from  the late great Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber in `Die Hard'.

This section of Bitesize Boss Series 2 looks at the ways you should prepare if you want to arrive, and succeed at, the top table - the C suite. Bitesize Bioss wants you to get there and enjoy it, but the journey needs preparation.

Method is all in dealing with anger and hurt in your team or with a client. Bitesize Boss suggests one key factor that will help you get to a lasting resolution.

Emotionally intense but unhappy conversations are part of your job. What do you do when the complainant wants to meet and share their complaint. Bitesize Boss suggests how to prepare...or not.

Dealing with your first reaction when a complaint or grievance is made is challenging. You need to know yourself and contain that first response. Bitesize Boss talks about avoiding the wrong kind of thinking. And mercifully this time does not sing to you.

It is not all plain sailing as a leader. Having a clear approach to the conflicts and grievances that can occur is vital. Bitesize Boss starts this mini-series by extolling the virtues of process. And sings to you.

Bitesize Boss begins here a mini-series on meetings and starts with a fundamental question. Get this one right, and meetings will be productive experiences.