by Kate Mercer | May 20, 2015 | Leadership
In my last blog post, I looked at Melanie Greene’s thoughts on what being an Away From or a Towards person meant. Here Melanie explores what these traits can mean for your work, your business, your staff, your customers. Towards People are motivated by results and...
by Kate Mercer | May 18, 2015 | Leadership
Having spent many years working together with businesses of varying sizes, helping leaders and their teams to better strategise and find a more effective path towards success, I was persuaded that I could turn all this knowledge into a business book. I’ll be posting...
by Kate Mercer | May 17, 2015 | Leadership
We were sent this thought a little while ago by Neil Crofts, founder of Authentic Business, and decided to pass it on: It is very tempting to hide behind the mask of prudence, to temper our efforts with caution, to avoid exposure to risk or danger. And not just...
by Kate Mercer | May 13, 2015 | Leadership
These days, success at work is more and more dependent on your ability to influence the people around you. As discussed in a previous blog post on mindsets, you can’t force, persuade, bully or instruct someone into changing their mindset. You have to communicate...
by Kate Mercer | May 11, 2015 | Leadership
We all face conflict at work. Reactions range from ‘ostrich-like’ avoidance at one extreme to ‘just losing it’ at the other. Here’s a framework to help you move from conflict to consensus. First, it’s useful to distinguish two aspects and deal with these differently:...
