“FOLLOW THE ADVICE IN THIS BOOK AND YOU’LL BE A BETTER LEADER”
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“Follow the advice in this book and you’ll be a better leader” Wayne Bennett I was really proud to have one of the most respected and accomplished leaders in Australia give the thumbs up to my book, ‘Road Rules for Leadership’. Wayne Bennett is someone who I admire, mainly because of how he influences people with […]
STRONG LEADERS AREN’T AFRAID TO SHOW WEAKNESS
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Your culture … chaos or calm?
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Successful organisations have a calmness around them. They are confident and focused. Struggling organisations tend to be chaotic and frenzied. What describes your culture – chaos or calm? In his book ‘Good to Great’, author Jim Collins talks about the five qualities he found in great organisations compared to organisations that were just good. Not […]
THE IMPORTANCE OF A CLEAR ‘BIG ARROW’ DIRECTION
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I read a lot to stay current and to be inspired. I saw this recently from Peter Bregman on the Harvard Business Review blog. It was too good not to share.Peter was facilitating a strategic planning workshop (as I often do) for a client. Members of the team, representing different parts of the company, were presenting […]
CREATING ACCOUNTABILITY
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“The ancient Romans had a tradition: whenever one of their engineers constructed an arch, as the capstone was hoisted into place, the engineer assumed accountability for his work in the most profound way possible: he stood under the arch.” ~ Michael Armstrong Can you imagine what it would be like in your organisation if no […]
DO THESE 3 THINGS AND WATCH YOUR PEOPLE GROW
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Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon them and to let them know you trust them. Booker T. Washington A leader’s number one job is to grow and develop their people. Do these three things and watch them respond. 1. Give them responsibility. I encourage leaders to delegate all of the tasks […]
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STRONG AND WEAK LEADERS
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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 […]
ONE QUESTION THAT LEADERS SHOULD BE ASKING THEIR PEOPLE
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“What can I do to help you do your job?” This is about finding out what’s going on at the frontline showing that you care, and taking responsibility for empowering your guys to do well. This is not about promoting whinging lip service, or micro managing. The challenge is, once you ask the question, what […]
WHAT GETS MEASURED, GETS MANAGED
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I heard this saying years ago. “You can’t manage it if you can’t measure it.” Fundamentally I took it to mean you need to monitor important things so you can tell if actual performance matches expected performance. Most people would agree that we should measure things like sales, safety and quality, but there are other […]
