Six communication skills for inspiring leaders

Six communication skills for inspiring leaders

Want to ensure that people always leave your office more inspired than when they came in? Then here are six communication skills that will help you to become a better leader: Be more focused on others than yourself You have not communicated well if people have not...
What kind of leader are you?

What kind of leader are you?

You’ve got your vision, your passion, and your strategy and plan. So why is it that despite displaying appropriate leadership competencies, you sometimes fail? In practice, there is one factor that distinguishes success and failure in leadership: your...
How to choose your leadership style

How to choose your leadership style

Most people naturally prefer one leadership style, though in fact there are many. You could choose anything from ‘command and control’ through to full delegation: Telling Selling Supporting Delegating Telling is traditional ‘command and...
Nine reasons leadership communication fails

Nine reasons leadership communication fails

As a leader, you wield the influence to improve a team member’s job performance, to change how they think, to even persuade someone to discard a harmful habit. But your communication methods can stall your progress as a leader. Here are nine reasons and ways to...
How do leaders create inspiring visions?

How do leaders create inspiring visions?

During the space race, a group of US senators visited NASA. One asked a man cleaning the floor: ‘So what do you do?’ The man replied: ‘I’m helping to put a man on the moon!’ The cleaner felt himself so involved in the organisation’s vision that he felt inspired and...