The Silent Cost of Avoiding Difficult Conversations: A Leader’s Guide
We’ve all been there. A team member consistently arrives late to meetings, disrupting the flow and frustrating colleagues. Or perhaps it’s the passive-aggressive comments in emails, the missed deadlines explained away with creative excuses, or the constant negativity that seems to spread through the office like a winter cold. As a leader, you know these […]
Cultivating the Leader’s Mindset: Is Your Attitude Your Secret Weapon or Silent Saboteur?
Picture two leaders: one is extremely negative, always glooming about why ideas “won’t work”; the other is uber positive, exuding “toxic positivity” and declaring everything is “amazing” and “wonderful”. Both are exhausting and neither extreme works long-term. I’m perhaps guilty of giving two extremes here to make a point! But be honest, which are you […]
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The characteristics of terrific employees (part 2)
They never (publicly) complain. The ability to complain privately or bring up a complaint in a positive and professional way that provides a path to a solution is one very important top employee trait. These are the kinds of employees who discuss delicate issues in a professional and private manner. They know when to […]
The 3 Most Powerful Questions Any Leader Must Answer
While leadership concepts may be easy to understand, implementing them is often extremely challenging and, unfortunately, too difficult for some.Becoming a brilliant leader takes focus, well thought-out plans and determination.Effective leadership requires a strong foundation of self-knowledge – e.g. personal values, principles, vision, and goals – and a clear understanding of your strengths and weaknesses. […]
How effective a Leader are you and your team?
Of course you’re working hard to create employees who are motivated and send results “ballistic” on a consistent basis – who wouldn’t be?! The key to achieving this is not motivation; it goes beyond that … the key is inspiration! Your Senior Leadership Team might technically be very good at what they do (i.e. subject experts), […]
Are you a terrible manager?
It has always amazed us how many terrible managers there are in the workplace. This isn’t something new; it’s been this way for as long as we can remember. Sadly, these ineffective managers rarely get identified in a timely manner by senior management. This means terrible managers don’t get properly trained, or removed. The consequence is […]
So what’s it like on Jupiter?
A gold medal winning Olympic athlete is going to do poorly competing in the high jump on Jupiter. The reason? Gravity is two and a half times that of Earth’s which means … you’re just not going to jump very well. Contrast this to our moon, which gives you a huge advantage … because you’d […]
The solution to all the significant business challenges you can’t fix
Beliefs. It’s as simple as that … not easy … simple! You believe certain things … your team believe other things. You believe the new direction will energise and motivate your team … they believe the old direction was better. You believe your new strategies will kick start a sustainable growth track, your team don’t. […]
