by Kate Mercer | Jan 9, 2025 | Leadership, Organisation Culture
Ever feel like your job is just putting out fires? “They all want pay rises, but we’re not making enough money.” “Nobody documents anything—we’re flying blind.” “I only hear about problems when they’ve become emergencies.”...
by Kate Mercer | Dec 6, 2016 | Leadership
Many business owners find the transition from doing everything, to delegating others to do specific jobs, quite difficult. Check out this article for four top tips on how to avoid the most common delegating pitfalls. Some leaders are resistant to the concept of...
by Kate Mercer | Nov 6, 2015 | Team Development
Thanks to Jackie Fitzgerald of Alchemy Business Coaching for today’s post: Many years ago I shared an assistant with three of the other managers in the department. Sally was enthusiastic and very pleasant but she made a lot of mistakes (and I mean a lot)....
by Kate Mercer | Apr 10, 2015 | Leadership
A couple of weeks ago, we talked on the blog about the only leadership models you need in order to operate effectively in business. Following on from this, we now take a look at what makes a good leader, focusing here in the first of two posts on the importance of...