Our executive coaching work often involves helping leaders to improve their leadership communication skills. Some senior executives are hesitant or even reluctant to speak up when they are in business meetings unless they are running the meeting or the topic is in...
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 with...
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:...
No one ever becomes a successful leader without first becoming a successful communicator. Great leaders connect with people on an emotional level every time they speak. Their words inspire others to achieve more than they ever thought possible. Great communicators are...
Neil Crofts, on his blog yesterday, posted a really interesting slant on understanding the psychology of the UK elections. Here's what he has to say: Political parties in the UK are divided along levels of consciousness lines. The differences between them are to do...
Why does communicating clearly matter? The success of any leader in working with and influencing those around them depends on how good their interpersonal skills are. If a leader is able to form a connection with the people he or she interacts with - through gestures,...
On the subject of key concepts or models that can make the biggest difference to the way you run your business, here’s a thought: the likelihood is that you have great technical skills, and quite possibly great social skills. But do you have the skills in place that...
Creating high performance always sounds like a good idea. Right now, as we adjust to a world that is changing very fast around us, delivering high performance is probably more important but more challenging than ever. We are surrounded by negative news. Our British...
Communication is the key to good leadership - this is a topic we visit frequently in our blog posts at Leaders Lab. It's vital as a leader to communicate your company's vision. Without this, how can you expect your senior managers and your colleagues to perform to the...
If you’re a regular reader of our blog you may know that Leaders Lab works with The Legacy List Charity (recently re-named Foundation for FutureLondon) and Birkbeck University of London on the elle coaching programme. East London is home to Europe’s largest...
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