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Baseball, Babe Ruth and leadership.

  I am currently in the USA on a family holiday. Being a sports nut I have taken the opportunity to see some sporting events that I haven’t experienced before. The first was an ice hockey game between the Anaheim Ducks and the LA Kings. Unbelievable skill and toughness. The second was a Major League …

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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 …

Where is your focus – paperwork or people work?

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 …

HERE’S HOW MUCH TIME I SPEND PLANNING

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 …

WHY DONALD TRUMP HAS DONE MY HEAD IN

“So, Greg – Mr Leadership Guy, what can we all learn from the next LEADER of the free world?” I have been dreading writing this blog. I almost wimped out. I am sweating and uncomfortable as I sit writing it. I don’t have any clear thoughts or lessons or objectives for this blog. I am …

IF IT IS TO BE, IT IS UP TO ME.

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’. …

LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM THE BATTLEFIELD

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 …

SITTING BACK OR STEPPING UP? THE DIFFERENCE IS LEADERSHIP.

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 …

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF IT WAS YOUR LAST DAY ALIVE?

I recently read an article by American author Walter Isaacson about Steve Jobs. He tells a story about Jobs who, when reflecting on a decision to do something or not, thought to himself, what would I do if this was my last day alive? This reflection guided his decision. It got me thinking. What would you …

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