As the leader, are you owning the result? I like keeping things simple. Look at the results you are getting as the leader. They could be operational issues like productivity or safety, they may be financial like gross profit or net profit, or they may be people measures like absenteeism or levels of engagement. …
Three constants in life. Death, taxes and change. The pace of change is increasing. It comes in many forms. It’s not going away. In my experience most organisational change fails, for a whole lot of reasons, but mostly – lack of planning, lack of involvement of those who will be most affected by it and …
Want to know the single, most important responsibility of a leader? It’s easy to become overwhelmed just thinking about everything we, as leaders, should be doing. Becoming a better leader is easier said than done. Some people have given up trying because there is just too much to think about. But what if we distilled …
Boss, manager, leader, supervisor – they all mean the same right? You might call me pedantic, but thinking they’re just words for the same thing is a big part of the problem. I came across this image* recently and it stopped me in my tracks because it absolutely nails it for me. Look at Boss. …
I read a social media post recently about how a key to the NZ All Blacks success has been the introduction of a ‘no d!ckheads’ policy. According to the original story, a d!ckhead is someone that makes everything about them, someone who puts themselves before the team, someone who thinks that they’re entitled to something, …
Driving change is one of the most important responsibilities of a leader. Yet, in my view, most organisations do change really poorly. Many are confronted by and even scared of change, and as a result fail to plan and implement it well. The result is, well, failed changed and the cynicism and mistrust that follows. …
A hot topic at the moment is ‘employee engagement’. What is it and how important is it? When two people become engaged it means they are making a commitment to each other. It means that they intend to be loyal and loving into the future. It means that they care, deeply, about each other. How …
“So, Greg – Mr Leadership Guy, what can we all learn from the next LEADER of the free world?” I have been dreading writing this blog. I almost wimped out. I am sweating and uncomfortable as I sit writing it. I don’t have any clear thoughts or lessons or objectives for this blog. I am …
The Latin word for new is nova, you know, as in innovation. So, to innovate means to do something new. Doing something new means stopping doing the old. Stopping doing something means changing. Change is one of the most challenging concepts that organisations face. Effective change only comes about when leaders drive it. You simply …
I first heard this over 30 years ago when I was listening to cassette tapes by the personal development guru, Zig Ziglar. The words spoke to me then and they speak to me now. Ten years ago, someone told me about something that had “literally, changed their life.” It was a video called ‘The Secret’. …