An American friend reckons the whole of Australia goes on holidays from Melbourne Cup Day until after Australia Day! While I know that’s not true, there is a little bit of truth in it, and we need to be careful that this time of year and the way we feel doesn’t lead us to waste the first …
Now is a great time to get your ducks in a row for the next financial year, but many organisations don’t. Why? In my experience … ‘Too busy to plan’ (believe it or not, this is what I sometimes get told) ‘We are surviving, so we must be doing something right’ ‘We don’t know where …
It’s a universal problem. Too much to do, not enough time to get it all done. I haven’t met a person who couldn’t be better at managing their time, so here are 5 habits everyone should get into. 1. Slow down to speed up. Schedule an hour where you drop everything and focus on what’s …
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. …
It’s become customary that when someone is asked how they are, the answer comes back something like, “flat out, busy as, out of control” or, as a client recently said to me “I’m as busy as a one legged man in an butt kicking competition”! It seems like it’s a badge of honour to admit …
“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 …
Many don’t believe me when I tell them that we should spend 20% of our time planning. “Sounds ridiculously high”, is what they tell me. Well, just think of how productive 48 minutes in an hour would be if you spent the first 12 minutes doing nothing but planning? If you were working on a …
Last week I made a presentation to a group about increasing employee engagement and improving culture. At the end I opened up for questions. “A couple of us are first time managers – what advice would you give us?” Great question! Here are five things that I think first time managers would benefit from knowing. 1. …
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 …