As leaders, we all want employees with a natural degree of self-motivation, a colleague which occasionally we have to reign in rather than be constantly pushing forward. Unfortunately, most of us learn that this isn’t how many people operate. The nature of professional employment is to be asked to do things you wouldn’t otherwise do […]
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New research by ADP, a leading provider of human resources software and services, suggests that without effective Leadership engagement is destined to suffer. According to ADP, only about 16 percent of all employees say they are “fully engaged” in the workplace. Which raises an obvious question: What about the other 84 percent? How Teamwork […]
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The widespread neglect of behaviour in organisations creates a tremendous opportunity for transformative business leaders — those elite few who are willing to invest the time, focus and energy to do something new to achieve something great. (Originally posted in 2019, updated in January 2020) Behaviour change isn’t instant or effortless. The process isn’t flashy […]
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One of the greatest misunderstandings in leadership and coaching is the term micromanaging. Most leaders never want to be thought of as a micromanager. In fact, it could be considered an insult or weakness of any manager. When micromanaging is used as a coaching or leadership style, it will most likely deliver bad results, stifle […]
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Jurgen Klopp is now basking in the glory of delivering the Champions League trophy to the Anfield Trophy room in a thrilling season in which his Liverpool side was pipped to the Premier League title by a singular point confirmed on the last day of the season. It’s easy to forget that he only walked […]
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Leadership…..Blah,Blah,Blah – without doubt Leadership is probably one of the most written about skills today. In a world where being able to manage is not enough and being faster, better, cheaper and smarter have become the leader’s mantra it is becoming increasingly hard to ‘deliver’ whilst retaining peace of mind and calm approach. Let’s be […]
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Gossip is defined as casual or unconstrained conversation or reports about other people, typically involving details which are not confirmed as true. and is usually considered to be negative. Gossiping in the workplace is usually prominent when formal communication between Executive and Leadership teams, middle management and colleagues is lacking or dysfunctional. We can easily gauge whether […]
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Executive Teams and C Suite Colleagues say that they lose up to 40% of their strategy’s potential value to breakdowns in execution. However, this strategy-to-performance gap is rarely the result of shortcomings in implementation; it tends to happen because the plans are flawed from the start. Too many companies still follow a “Plan-then-Do” approach to strategy: […]
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There are many aspects of project management that contribute to project success. There are the technical skills learned and the experience gained in applying them. There are also the soft skills such as communication and influencing that a project manager must possess. Perhaps most important amongst all these skills is the ability to lead and […]
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Far too many leaders have had the experience of seeing a talented person leave the company, mouth non-committal platitudes during the exit interview and not speak to the real reasons for their departure. Whilst it may have been the recruiter that called out of the blue with the perfect job and a 20% pay increase […]
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