Inspiring Leadership Blog

HOW AUTHENTIC ARE YOU? TAKE THE TEST

We’ve developed a simple test of authenticity. There are 12 statements. You need to give each one a score depending on how often your behaviour matches with the statement. The possible responses are 1 – always, 2 – mostly, 3 – in between, 4 – sometimes, 5 – never. When you have scored each one, add your score up to …

This quote by Henry Ford reminds us that we need to ‘get doing’. Today’s message is about taking action about becoming a better leader. You want to be a better leader. You want to achieve more for yourself and your organisation. You want to inspire more people to better levels of performance. But something is …

2 THINGS MORE IMPORTANT THAN SEX AND CHOCOLATE

Praise and recognition cost nothing, but are the keys to productive relationships and good leading. Research evidence from Kaisen Consulting* shows that a sense of achievement and recognition for good work are far more powerful motivating factors than money. It is not always possible to increase financial rewards for your team, but what is stopping …

IT’S ONLY SIX WEEKS UNTIL 2013 IS OVER

What? Surely that must be a typo? A quick look at your calendar will reveal that there are actually 14 weeks until the last day of 2013.But if you want to get a significant project off the ground in 2013, there are actually only 6 weeks. Exactly 6 weeks from today, the race that stops …

A PHYSICS LESSON FOR CULTURE CHANGE

This is a bit of a physics lesson for those of you thinking about improving your organisation’s culture.The stone is the problem. It is the current state of your culture. It has built up over many years and is engrained and entrenched in you and your people. It has substantial inertia (the tendency of a body …

MY WIFE IS NOT NORMAL

Sometimes Melissa will go missing for an hour or so. When she appears I will ask her what she has been up to. Often the answer is that she was on the phone with one of her sisters. “What about?” I ask. “Nothing, just catching up.” “What was the purpose of the call?” “No purpose, …

2 OUT OF 3 OF YOUR STAFF DON’T CARE

his might sound hard to believe, but recent research shows that two thirds of employees are either ‘not engaged’ or ‘actively disengaged.’ With further evidence linking high engagement levels and organisational success, it spells bad news for most organisations, but there is hope for leaders who want to make things different. The guru of research …

You can’t steer a parked car

One of the reasons I love to teach is that I learn so much! In a recent session on leadership a student* was making an excellent point about the need for action to follow vision. “You can’t steer a parked car,” he said. It doesn’t matter where your intended destination is, if you don’t turn …

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