As a passionate Aussie and sports fanatic, it pains me to praise an arch enemy like the New Zealand All Blacks, but credit where credit is due, and more importantly, there are some important leadership lessons to be learned from their story. I am currently reading ‘Legacy’ by James Kerr – what the All Blacks …
Hands up if you have ever said this? Most of us aren’t good at delegating. We are time poor and have trouble letting go. Trying to do everything leaves us feeling frustrated. There is a better way. Effective delegation is, almost universally in my experience, a key to helping leaders to become more effective. Here are the …
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 …
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 …
Busy? My guess is that nine out of 10 of you would answer “very.” I’ll even go so far as to predict that you what you are busy with is attending meetings, submitting reports, doing rosters, complying with regulations, reviewing contracts, renewing leases, updating policies, replying to emails etc. You get the drift. Busyness. Kind of …
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 …
Boss, manager, leader, supervisor – they all mean the same right? You might call me pedantic, but thinking they’re just words for the same thing is a big part of the problem. I came across this image* recently and it stopped me in my tracks because it absolutely nails it for me. Look at Boss. …
So, a couple of things about me. I am a family man. Very proud of my four kids. While I work with a wide range of aspiring leaders in a range of different contexts, I am always mindful that my number one leadership job is to be the best father possible. I’m not perfect by …
The fruit at the top of the tree just might be the best, but if you can’t reach it, you can’t eat it. Most people know what they should be doing to be a better leader, but they may feel that it’s out of reach because it’s either too hard or too time consuming. Here …
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. …