Inspiring Leadership Blog

5 Things To Turn Your Bad BUSYNESS Into Good Business

It’s become customary that when someone is asked how they are, the answer comes back something like, “flat out, busy as, out of control” or, as a client recently said to me “I’m as busy as a one legged man in an butt kicking competition”! It seems like it’s a badge of honour to admit …

THIS IS WHAT IS HOLDING BACK YOUR LEADERSHIP: TIME.

“I’d be a better leader if I just had more time” I have worked with thousands of aspiring leaders; managers that want to be more influential, but don’t have the time to be. It’s not as if it’s not important to them, it’s just that everything else is getting in the way and they simply …

2 THINGS MORE IMPORTANT THAN SEX AND CHOCOLATE

Praise and recognition cost nothing, but are the keys to productive relationships and good leading. There is strong research that shows that heartfelt praise and recognition for good work are far more powerful motivating factors than money! If you don’t believe me, imagine working in an environment where nothing you did was recognised and you …

How many of your people, on average, REALLY care?

How many employees do you have? How many of them care, REALLY care, about your organisation? Write down the % that you think are motivated, passionate and enthusiastic about working at your place. Global gurus in employee engagement, Gallup Consulting, have research that shows that in Australia, on average, only 24% really care. That’s less than one …

WHY YOU SHOULD SAY “NO” MORE OFTEN

In his book Essentialism, Greg McKeown encourages us to discern ‘the essential few from the trivial many’. He recommends focusing only on essential tasks, those things that make the highest value contribution to achieving our vision or purpose. (By the way, its a great read / listen. I highly recommend it). In order to make …

ARE YOU GETTING ENGAGED  THIS YEAR?

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 …

HERE’S HOW MUCH TIME I SPEND PLANNING

Many don’t believe me when I tell them that we should spend 20% of our time planning. “Sounds ridiculously high”, is what they tell me. Well, just think of how productive 48 minutes in an hour would be if you spent the first 12 minutes doing nothing but planning? If you were working on a …

WHY DONALD TRUMP HAS DONE MY HEAD IN

“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 …

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