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IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE TO WORK, DO THIS

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 …

Hey Leaders! You Have Just One Job.

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 …

CHANGE DOESN’T HAVE TO BE SCARY – JUST UNDERSTAND

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. …

Be The Change That You Want To See In Others

Leading, amongst other things is about influence and change. A common source of frustration for many leaders, managers and supervisors is their inability to get others to change. Before you ask others to change, you must be prepared to do something … to be the change you want to see in others. I was fortunate …

To win big, take risks and make mistakes

As someone who grew up sailing I am fascinated by the America’s Cup which has just been won by Emirates Team New Zealand in Bermuda this morning. There is so much to love about the event – the thrills and spills, the technology, the teamwork and the high level skill of the sailors. New Zealand defeated …

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 …

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 …

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