I’ve been coaching a number of different leaders in the last week and there is a recurring theme. I think this is going to really help you. I want you to imagine that today is your first day in the job. All of us are[...]
Want to be effective? A repeating issue when working with senior leaders is a lack of energy and time. Many seem to believe there is a medal given on being busy. Chances you if you open your calendar there are back to back meetings. No[...]
Leadership is always key. Bob ran a team within an insurance company. His results were average, and the level of engagement within the team was also average. Conversely, Sheila worked in the same company, yet levels of engagement and results were off the chart. What was[...]
Vision, strategy, execution. Where’s your weak link? Vision, strategy, execution – three simple words we all understand. Regardless of seniority, most managers work hard, and long hours. But are the results of this hard work self evident? And if not, why not? This article explores vision, strategy, execution,[...]
A Bespoke Leadership Development Programme – 3 Questions To Ask Implementing a bespoke leadership development programme successfully takes skill. Getting it right means higher levels of engagement with ever improving results across your whole organisation. Get it wrong, and no matter how much money was[...]
Don’t train your managers! Don’t train your managers? “Don’t train your managers?” you say, but they need to perform at a higher level. We need to find training options. Pick typical management themes. Shortlist prospective suppliers. Get quotes. Despatch managers. Gain certificates. The problem is, training your managers[...]
SRA’s Continuing Competence Challenge – A Solution With the SRA’s new Continuing Competence rules solicitors and law firms now face a number of challenges. Solicitors now need to: reflect on practice to identify learning and development needs plan how to address learning and development needs think about how[...]
“If only I could clone myself” Every business owner manager has one major problem – human cloning hasn’t been invented. ‘If only I could replicate myself’ they wail, ‘I would be able to do so much more’. But they can’t. And instead their business becomes[...]
War in the Board Room Though chimpanzees are mainly vegetarian, they do eat meat. Specifically, Red Colobus Monkeys. Chimps search them out, gang up, lay a trap, and pounce. Much like some board directors. There is a business to run. Egos to protect. Casualties are frequent. But it doesn’t have[...]
The Importance of Vision in Driving Engagement This is the second article in the series ‘How to increase employee engagement‘. In a recent leadership development programme I asked a group of managers to communicate the importance of vision in a more creative manner than usual.[...]