Archives

Category Archive for: ‘Uncategorized’
Do people at your place ‘give a sh!t?’

So first, let me explain my colourful language. When I speak on the impact that leaders have on employee engagement, I share my concept of what engagement means. It’s simply how much employees care. I’ll ask the audience to describe a workplace that has high levels of engagement. The responses include; people are happy, they …

WHY LEADERSHIP IS JUST LIKE THE MODERN PENTATHLON

One of the best stories to come out of the Rio Olympics was the gold medal won by 24 year old Sydney woman, Chloe Esposito in the Women’s Modern Pentathlon. I must admit I didn’t know much about the event until I saw a video about Chloe’s miraculous win. Click hereto see the 4 minute video. …

IS THIS THE SIMPLEST LEADERSHIP TIP EVER?

Leadership is about positively influencing others. In order to influence others, you need to have a good relationship with them. One of the best ways to establish and strengthen relationships is for there to be trust between the parties. Trust comes from reliability. Ultimately, being reliable means that you do what you say you are going to …

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PAYS

As someone who provides leadership development programs and advice, I sometimes experience resistance to the time, cost or effort associated with building leadership capability. I was once asked by a senior executive who was considering a training proposal I had provided “What happens if I train them and they leave?”  I replied “What happens if you …

I’LL COME AND SPEAK AT YOUR PLACE FOR FREE!

The new financial year might just be the reason that you decide to invest in your team. I’d love to be a part of that. I’m calling July ‘Free Speech Month’ and I am offering a limited number of organisations the opportunity to book me to come along to your place for a team chat. I’m …

YOU ONLY BECOME A LEADER WHEN YOU REALISE THIS

We become leaders the day we decide to help people grow, not numbers Simon Sinek I have been emphasising with the aspiring leaders I work with lately, that leadership is not all about us, but what we do with and for the people we lead. Simon Sinek’s recent Facebook post absolutely resonates with this. We all want to …

1234...