Posts Tagged ‘business’
Why Rest is the new Black – 6 ways you can unwind these Holidays
Hooray, it’s holiday time! You’ve just about made it. Perhaps after a year of wins, skinned knees, or a likely mix of both. You’ve toiled and sweated and had successes and blunders. Finally, you’ve sailed and slugged your way through to the end of 2018. So congratulations, well done! Whether you spend your Christmas holidays…
Read MoreWho are you serving? An interview with leadership author James Strock
If I ran a university and offered a degree in leadership, Serve to Lead 2.0 would be THE MUST READ text book. Like most of the university textbooks I’ve read, it’s reassuringly solid. Not one of those flimsy, flash-in-the-pan-could’ve-been-written-in-ten sentences leadership books that are doing the rounds at the moment. Nope. This is the real…
Read MoreThe event that saved Stephen King’s career (and why it is an important leadership lesson)
When Stephen King was writing his first book, he was working two jobs and struggling to make ends meet. He didn’t yet feel confident in the quality or marketability of his work. Day after day, he wrestled with self-doubt and mounting bills. One evening, as he sat hunched over his desk littered with crumpled up…
Read MoreHow to stay the course when you encounter rough seas
As you probably know, I love a good metaphor to illustrate ideas for your leadership journey. So this week, we are taking off to the seas. Setting sail, or identifying your desired strategy, is the always the easy part. But reaching your destination, executing that strategy, is where teams can come unstuck. It’s important to…
Read MoreAn acronym you should remember when leading change
I like acronyms. They’re handy. Where would we be without RSVP, ETA and FYI? And having to remember the colours of the rainbow in correct order is made easier by ROYGBIV. This is required far more often than you’d think when you have a ten year old daughter. Then, there’s the ‘too weird to believe’…
Read MoreWhy Hypocrisy is a Major No-No in Leadership (and four ways you can avoid it)
Great leadership starts in the mirror. If you want to lead others, you’ve got to start by leading yourself. Last week, I was reminded of this universal truth, and it was kinda embarrassing. My family interrupt me all the time. Their constant yakking over the top of me (most noticeable at the dinner table) drives…
Read MoreThree things you should never do as a leader
When I first became a boss, no one handed me The Leadership Handbook telling me what to do – or more importantly, what NOT to do, in order to lead a team of people successfully. It was more of a trial and error situation – cue scraped knees and furrowed brows, both mine and my…
Read More5 tips for leading your team through tough times
In case you hadn’t noticed, there are quite a few governments around the world in a bit of a pickle. The Trump administration is an obvious one, Britain is continuing to be plagued by Brexit, our mates across the ditch have just elected their sixth Prime Minister in eight years and even our own government…
Read MoreA Five Step Process for Doing the Delegation Dance
Do you ever feel stressed at work? Do you struggle trusting your team with tasks you currently manage yourself? When you do trust someone in your team, do you then fret about them getting it right? Let’s be honest, does relinquishing control make you feel just a bit queasy and uneasy? If you answered…
Read MoreHow to combat feeling lonely at the top: Four tips for CEOs
“Solitude vivifies; isolation kills.” – Joseph Roux Being a CEO can be lonely. Nobody tells you this before your first stint at running a company, but having coached a lot of CEOs, I’ve had a front row seat to the ‘lonely at the top’ factor. Sure, you have your board and your executive team to discuss…
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