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HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN IT IS TIME TO LET SOMEONE GO?

That was the question asked by a member of the audience to Wayne Bennett at a corporate lunch I attended in 2012. Wayne shared a lot of stories and ideas that he has used over the years in becoming Rugby League’s most successful coach. The largely business crowd seemed comfortable with adapting his football philosophies to …

LEADERS H. E. L. P. OTHERS

Put really simply , the difference between leaders and non leaders is that leaders HELP others. HONOUR – leaders honour others. They respect them. They treat them as humans, not as ways of getting things done. They recognise diversity and difference. ENGAGE – leaders are about others. They try to understand what motivates people. Instead …

FIVE STEPS TO BUILDING TRUST

In his book, ‘The Speed of Trust’, Stephen Covey makes the point that where trust exists in teams and in relationships, things happen faster. Where there is a lack of trust, things take longer to do as people slow down as they are not sure about who and what they are dealing with. Team members …

5 SIMPLE STEPS TO EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP

If you Google ‘leadership book’ you will find 425 million search results. ‘Leadership program’ will get you 447 million results.  I guess you can’t blame people for feeling overwhelmed. I reckon one of the reasons people shy away from leadership responsibility is that they think it is hard. It can be, but it doesn’t have to be. …

HERE’S HOW TO MAKE 2016 YOUR BEST YEAR EVER!

I hope you’ve had a great year and are looking forward to a well earned break. But before you sign off, let me ask you an important question. What decisions have you made about 2016 that will make it your best year ever? Maybe you haven’t thought about it yet and will when you get back …

OUR PRIME MINISTER WANTS US TO FAIL

Malcolm Turnbull wants more Australian businesses to risk failing. He said so in his ‘Ideas Boom’ announcement recently. Here’s why I mostly agree with him, and also, some advice on how to make sure you don’t fail. “Innovation is our future”, spouted the PM in his $1.1 billion policy announcement. What comes with innovation is …

LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM THE HAYNE PLANE

Possibly the biggest story in Australian sport this year is about National Rugby League player, Jarryd Hayne, who has just been signed by the San Francisco 49ers to play professional football in the USA. Even if you are not a sports nut there are plenty of leadership lessons to learn from the man they call ‘The …

5 THINGS YOU MUST DO WHEN IMPLEMENTING CHANGE

The only constant in life is change. Leading is all about change, so if you want to be an effective leader, you need to be good at change. 1. Be the change you want to see in others. With thanks to Gandhi, we need to demonstrate to others that we are not above changing. Often leaders …

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