What Are Your Leadership Goals?
Whilst the words ‘goal’ and ‘leadership’ are two words that sit together as comfortably as two peas in a pod, it can be challenging when asked what sort of goals leaders need to have in mind when they...
View ArticleBetter Leaders Get The Best From Everyone
Every team has a make up of a variety of people, all of whom have different skills, characteristics and above all styles. If you have balance, you will have a blend of types so that each complements...
View ArticleMeetings That Deliver
When you think about the time you’ve sat there and wondered just what you could be doing, it’s hard to appreciate the value of meetings sometimes. The dynamic of working closely with a bunch of...
View ArticleThe Leadership Skill Of Nurturing Talent
Above all, leaders need good people to surround them. No organisation – large or small – can operate productively when the boss is doing all the doing and they are surrounded by people who cannot...
View ArticleSmall Team Leadership – Making The Difference
Whilst leadership is most commonly assumed to be a quality required at the very highest levels in organizations, managers at the sharp end of business need to develop some leadership skills as well....
View ArticleLeadership – The Models Are Not Perfect
Much is written and spoken about one of the main roles of leaders is to model what they expect from their people. Many examples of behaviors can be identified, such as Trust; Honesty; Vision;...
View ArticleIt’s The Journey, Not The Change, That Hurts
We face change every day of our lives. Sometimes small enough hardly to notice; other times change that’s so cataclysmic that we will find it hard to cope. In organisations, change is all too common...
View ArticleWe Want More Leaders
When you really consider just what leadership is all about, you can make it incredibly complicated, like the industry sometimes seems to prefer, or you can simplify. Simple is so often the best place...
View ArticleA ‘Thank You’– Small And Effective
When we look at the kinds of things that motivate people, it’s not hard to find them. Indeed, all we have to do is to think of the times that we, ourselves, have felt motivated when we’ve done...
View ArticleStephen Covey – My Life Changer
It is with deep regret that I heard of the loss of Stephen Covey. 14 years ago, I was helping out a group of trainers in a management development centre. A manager of almost 25 years myself at that...
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