by Amanda Baines | Jun 24, 2015 | Team Development
An important leadership skill is the ability to help your team function well under stress, and stay together through any tensions. As team members, you must all respect each other, believe you are all on the same side with the same goal, and have the same level of...
by Kate Mercer | Jun 22, 2015 | Leadership
The most common misconceptions about leadership influence your way of thinking about yourself, your life and your everyday challenges. Do you recognise yourself in the following? “Leadership means dominating others” Your influence as a leader depends on many factors...
by Amanda Baines | Jun 20, 2015 | Leadership, Organisation Culture
Communication skills are critical to being an effective leader, but they are seldom the reason people are promoted to leadership positions. Even the most personable and engaging leaders can benefit from knowing more about how to strategically use communications to...
by Kate Mercer | Jun 14, 2015 | Team Development
Though not a fan of war, I was shown this speech recently and was struck by the underlying courage, dignity and respect for humanity shown by the speaker, Lt. Col. Tim Collins, commander of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Irish, as he summed up the task for the British...
by Kate Mercer | Jun 8, 2015 | Team Development
Following on from our post last week on authentic leadership, here’s a great guest blog by Brian Bacon from Brian Bacon on Leadership: Anne Frank chronicled in her diary in 1943, “The good news is that you really don’t know how great you can be, how...
