You can learn to harness the ways of being that work for you so you only use them in the leadership situations and circumstances that really call for them. In this article we look at how you can choose who to be. This morning, if you slept well, just a few seconds before waking up, still within your dreams, you had no idea of who you were and who you… read more →
Why aren’t you coaching your people? Here are seven top tips on how to do it well and get the best out of your staff. A solid coaching relationship has 3 key elements:- Autonomy Shared responsibility Building new skills Do you shy away from coaching because you’re worried about not having all the answers? Interestingly, employees say they don’t want answers. They want probing questions that make them explore solutions… read more →
Have you ever written down what you really want, whether at work or at home? Are they specific to areas in your life or are they more noble goals and aspirations you think you should have? In this article, we look at how well formed outcomes can help you focus on achieving your dreams. It’s wonderful to have goals that are going to be enjoyable, refreshing and also involve new… read more →
When you’re looking to recruit high-calibre personnel to develop and grow a sustainable organisation, you want engaged, motivated individuals who are empowered to find the answers themselves. Find out how important it is to have an alternative mode of questioning to achieve this goal. “I don’t pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about.” Arthur C. Clarke Asking questions doesn’t necessarily make you a good listener,… read more →
Why you shouldn’t do it in the back of a taxi, over a pint on a Friday, or three weeks later than you said you would. We’re talking here about the importance of one-to-one meetings with your direct reports – check out this article for following the 8 golden rules. Do you hold regular one-to-one meetings with your direct reports? And if you do, how effective are they? When we ask… read more →
When you rise up an organisation’s ladder, your job changes. You find yourself responsible for your staff’s development as well as company performance. We look at how your mindset needs to shift in order to be successful in this new role, one where being a manager, not an operator, is increasingly crucial. “I never get time to do my job without someone interrupting.” “I’m an engineer, software expert, accountant (fill… read more →
Although it’s one of the important steps in the planning process, creating an effective strategy is a lot easier than you might think. We show you how the answers to five interlinked questions will help you build one. Let’s look at where strategy sits in the planning process: Vision: it’s where you start and it’s the most abstract of the steps. Once clarified, it becomes the guiding light toward which… read more →
Fight, flight or freeze? This article looks at what you need to know about your brain to get you through a crisis. Faced with a crisis at work do you fight it out, freeze, or run in the opposite direction? If you want to be more in control, you need to understand what’s happening in your head. What’s going on in your head in a crisis? Put simply, this is… read more →
We don’t believe you can pretend to be what you’re not; this is a fundamental principle when we’re coaching anyone to be a better leader. But recent research suggests you can change the way you feel by altering your body language. Can you really ‘fake it till you make it’? Take a look at this fascinating TED talk by Amy Cuddy about body language. In particular, watch out for what she… read more →
Will the people you work with stab you in the back? If you can’t trust them, it’s your problem not theirs. Check out this article to see how you can deal with people you don’t trust. Are your colleagues lying to you? Do you trust them? We all want to work in a place where people trust each other, but in order for this to happen we need to understand… read more →