Leadership is a habit, a practice. Great leaders do the same outstanding things over and over, day in day out. Here are five things that great leaders do every day. 1. Think about tomorrow. We get so caught up with what is right in our face that we can forget about the future. Great leaders always …
So, before you are allowed to do a lot of things in life, you need to pass a test. Like drive a car, perform surgery or build a bridge. It’s kind of important that if you are going to potentially affect people’s lives or property that you show that you know what you are doing. Leading …
364 days gone, one day of 2014 left. Less than 1% of the year left. It’s not too late to do something really valuable that just might set you up for a great 2015. This is a very powerful reflective exercise that I do with many of my clients who are striving to be the best …
Call me weird, but I want people to be happy to go to work. It worries me that what seems to be a majority of us dreads going to work.When you think that most of us spend half of our waking hours at work, it is important that we find work a happy place. A …
The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang Mary Kay Ash As the leader (of the organisation, team or group) you are the pace setter. You are the one that others take their lead from. Are you currently on slo mo, fast forward or paused? Cosmetics legend Mary Kay Ash, founder of the Mary …
“The ancient Romans had a tradition: whenever one of their engineers constructed an arch, as the capstone was hoisted into place, the engineer assumed accountability for his work in the most profound way possible: he stood under the arch.” ~ Michael Armstrong Can you imagine what it would be like in your organisation if no …
“What can I do to help you do your job?” This is about finding out what’s going on at the frontline showing that you care, and taking responsibility for empowering your guys to do well. This is not about promoting whinging lip service, or micro managing. The challenge is, once you ask the question, what …
I heard this saying years ago. “You can’t manage it if you can’t measure it.” Fundamentally I took it to mean you need to monitor important things so you can tell if actual performance matches expected performance. Most people would agree that we should measure things like sales, safety and quality, but there are other …
The number one responsibility of a leader is to grow and develop other people. I believe that a leader should be judged not by how many followers they have, but by how many other leaders they create. As someone who encourages aspiring leaders to focus on lifting the performances of others, I often get asked “what …
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, …