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5 steps to better leadership

The world needs better leadership. Australia needs better leadership. Our institutions like the banking industry and the Catholic Church need better leadership. Our organisations needs better leadership. I reckon it’s a safe bet that you wish you had better leadership at your work. Am I right? Most people I know want to be better leaders, …

Do you think about how you make people feel?

As leaders, many of us have power. Power to make decisions, power to make things happen, power to give people feedback. In most cases, having power is not a bad thing, as long as we use it for good and not evil. With power comes responsibility. An important consideration when using power is thinking about how …

As the Leader, are you owning the results?

  As the leader, are you owning the result? I like keeping things simple. Look at the results you are getting as the leader. They could be operational issues like productivity or safety, they may be financial like gross profit or net profit, or they may be people measures like absenteeism or levels of engagement. …

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I reckon most people want to better at leadership, but don’t know where to start. That’s why I wrote my book, Road Rules for Leadership. It’s a simple, practical guide to effective leadership. Since launching it a couple of years ago I’ve shared the content with thousands of people, giving them the guidance and confidence …

I’m over ‘disruption’ – here’s why

I’m not big on fads and buzz words and I’m sick of hearing that we should all be disrupting. The truth is, striving to improve and looking for better ways to do things is anything but new. Decades ago when the desire for better quality and continuous improvement came to the fore, some basic principles …

Are you your ‘Personal Best’ Leader?

I’ve been talking lately about how we should be focusing on being better and letting go of the desire to be the best. It’s a concept that’s getting some mixed responses. I think that we have been told (and sold) the concept that we should all strive to be the best and that anything less …

How should we measure the effectiveness of a leader?

A Google search of ‘measuring leadership effectiveness’ reveals nearly five million search results. Enough said that it is a complex issue. What about if we judged a leader’s contribution by how far they grew their people and how much better their people became as a result of their leadership? Putting aside the difficulty of objectively …