It would be wrong to say that leadership in good times is easy. It’s our actions, though, in tough times, when the chips are down, that may define us as leaders. Where I live in the Hunter area of Australia we have just had a once in a generation severe weather event. Destructive, cyclonic winds, extensive rainfall leading …
364 days gone, one day of 2014 left. Less than 1% of the year left. It’s not too late to do something really valuable that just might set you up for a great 2015. This is a very powerful reflective exercise that I do with many of my clients who are striving to be the best …
Call me weird, but I want people to be happy to go to work. It worries me that what seems to be a majority of us dreads going to work.When you think that most of us spend half of our waking hours at work, it is important that we find work a happy place. A …
In my experience, everyone who really wants to be a better leader has some success. If you want to be an even stronger leader, understand these differences. Respect vs Like. Strong leaders care more about being respected than being liked. Now, everyone wants to be liked but sometimes the need to be popular gets in …
The number one responsibility of a leader is to grow and develop other people. I believe that a leader should be judged not by how many followers they have, but by how many other leaders they create. As someone who encourages aspiring leaders to focus on lifting the performances of others, I often get asked “what …
Shane Warne and Babe Ruth were sporting champions. But in both of their cases they had to risk failure in order to succeed. At the time Shane Warne claimed the world record for being cricket’s leading test wicket taker he was also the international bowler who had the most sixes scored off him. Similarly, in …
his might sound hard to believe, but recent research shows that two thirds of employees are either ‘not engaged’ or ‘actively disengaged.’ With further evidence linking high engagement levels and organisational success, it spells bad news for most organisations, but there is hope for leaders who want to make things different. The guru of research …