by Kate Mercer | Jul 26, 2015 | Leadership
It’s a commonly held view that people either “have what it takes” to be a leader or they don’t – they are born with certain characteristics which fit them to be a leader, and if they don’t have these characteristics, they’ll never make the grade. If...
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 | May 20, 2015 | Leadership
In my last blog post, I looked at Melanie Greene’s thoughts on what being an Away From or a Towards person meant. Here Melanie explores what these traits can mean for your work, your business, your staff, your customers. Towards People are motivated by results and...
by Kate Mercer | May 18, 2015 | Leadership
Having spent many years working together with businesses of varying sizes, helping leaders and their teams to better strategise and find a more effective path towards success, I was persuaded that I could turn all this knowledge into a business book. I’ll be posting...
by Kate Mercer | Mar 1, 2015 | Organisation Culture, Team Development
How familiar are these situations? Your organisation adopts a new strategy. While paying lip-service to the change, key staff still resist the new direction, complaining and hoping that things will go back to the way they were. A team regards itself as a group of...
