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 Amanda Baines | Nov 1, 2015 | Leadership
Good interpersonal skills are the hallmark of all great leaders. There is no leadership without effective communication, and those possessing the art of delivering thoughts and ideas in meaningful ways are those who are most successful. No academic discourse or any...
by Kate Mercer | Oct 30, 2015 | Leadership
General understanding of leadership tends to fall short of the ideal so we’ve adapted a previous article from Neil Crofts which summarises its key aspects: Two key attributes of leadership 1 – Leaders initiate – Leaders do not need to know the answers, they do...
by Kate Mercer | Sep 25, 2015 | Leadership
It can somehow seem that running a business, or a team within a business of more than about 30 people, can appear to be extremely complex, full of hidden secrets as to how it all works. Of course, we have the option to make it complex, but the secret of success is to...
by Kate Mercer | Sep 16, 2015 | Leadership
There’s no one leadership style that will work in all situations. We look at the four main identified leadership styles and recommend which style to use in which circumstance. Does it matter if there isn’t really such a thing as a definitive leadership...
