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There is an increasing range of companies providing leadership development, yet all of them aren’t the same. To develop leaders you have to be sensitive to the needs of different kinds of leaders. There are leaders who rely or depend on other people or experiences just to keep them going while others rely on themselves …
For the longest time educational policymakers bought into the idea of self-esteem. Boosting esteem by encouraging and rewarding participation. Please understand that self-esteem is a good thing. Nobody’s disputing that. However, according to this educational policy philosophy, for students to perform well in life, they need to have their self-esteem built up and encouraged early …
Self Esteem Without Competence is a Recipe for Failure Read More »
Our connection with the workplace and our team is driven by two simple concepts. One is how aligned we are to the purpose of the organisation and the team, and the second is how valued we feel. People feel connected and deliver more when they feel valued. And from a management point of view, people …
DO you want to motivate your team and get them to work better and faster? Then you should just offer them bonuses for working harder and faster right? Or introduce the threat of punishment for those who take too long? Wrong! When you introduce penalties and rewards, you encourage faster, sloppier work that is more …
Making decisions all day and every day is a lot of work, and it can be quite exhausting. It comes as no surprise then, that a lot of successful people who have to make a large number of important decisions, do everything they can to cut back on their choices whenever and wherever they can. …
Using Routines And Habits To Cut Back On Decision Making Read More »
When it comes to choosing a candidate for a new job or a promotion, employers consistently say they want a team player. This means someone who will consistently put the team goals and accountability ahead of their own situation. While this sounds obvious, it really does at times go against our own DNA. We do …
If you are of the belief that a paycheck is the main need that a job provides, you aren’t alone. But time and time again, research shows that job satisfaction requires much more than a healthy pay packet. My experiences is that being engaged in work helps us on a higher plane than we can …
The Benefits of Team – Satisfying our Basic Human Needs Read More »
Many of the leaders I coach, profess to being a procrastinator. I have learned, that everyone has periods of time where they procrastinate. It becomes a problem when the time they take away from the item they are holding off on and spend that time doing virtually nothing. Like a zombie we allow procrastination to …
How is your team going? Are they motivated, energized and enthusiastic? Do they work well together? Do they look forward to coming to work each day to be a part of the process? If not, it’s time to develop better teamwork and reignite team spirit and you are the leader to do it. Great teams …
Improve The Way Your Team Works with Five Simple Steps Read More »
Resilience is a character trait born of passion. Resilient people are typically down-and-dirty, take-no-prisoners types of people who want an outcome more than they want a scapegoat. Not to be confused with arrogance, grit is a powerful form of determination rooted in the belief that all things are possible. Some may argue that only type …
One of our challenges in business is to find the balance between process and creative thinking. We live in an innovative and disruptive business world yet in many ways, our businesses and organisations rely on process and accepted practices. When confronted by a problem our norm is to run through our “scripts” on what needs …
Speaking with leaders around team building often brings similar stories and experiences to light. One of the more frequent stories is the story of the high performer that just doesn’t gel with the team. Maybe you have met them. They always over achieve their individual quotas or targets and seemed to be naturally good at …
