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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’. …
American author and speaker, Jim Rohn is known for his motivational quotes. I am a fan of many of them, but this one is my favourite. “You are the average of the five people you spend most of your time with.” Let’s unpack that a bit as it has implications for all of us, particularly …
I’m not much of an historian, and certainly not a military historian, but the name of Field Marshall William Slim keeps coming up in my leadership reading. Slim commanded a British field army in Burma fighting the Japanese in the ’40s. Here are some things that Slim did that made him highly effective as a leader, despite …
Body language tells you a lot. I was working with a team some time ago and the way they sat at the meeting was reflective of each individual’s willingness to take on responsibility. We were talking about some future projects that had to happen and we were breaking the projects down into individual tasks. Responsibility for …
That was the question asked by a member of the audience to Wayne Bennett at a corporate lunch I attended in 2012. Wayne shared a lot of stories and ideas that he has used over the years in becoming Rugby League’s most successful coach. The largely business crowd seemed comfortable with adapting his football philosophies to …
Put really simply , the difference between leaders and non leaders is that leaders HELP others. HONOUR – leaders honour others. They respect them. They treat them as humans, not as ways of getting things done. They recognise diversity and difference. ENGAGE – leaders are about others. They try to understand what motivates people. Instead …
I’d like you to meet some people that I know. First, meet BOSS. Boss has got it all going on (or so he thinks). He knows everything, has done everything and pretty much gets it right every time. Boss gets results. Sure, some people get trodden on on the way to success, but hey, that’s inevitable, …
This quote by John Quincy Adams is a powerful one. It raises the question for us leaders; are our people becoming more or less as a result of our leadership? Dream More: Are we helping our people to dream more? Dreaming about what they could become. Dreaming about how bright their future could be. It’s the …