Photo by Elisa Michelet on Unsplash Assessing leadership skills is crucial for personal, professional and organisational development and success. Too often the lack of assessment expertise leads to unsuitable people being appointed to leadership roles, causing problems for the people being led, the organisation and harming the prospects of the unfortunate appointee. Effective leadership assessment is a process […]
Photo by Norbu Gyachung on Unsplash To clarify, there is a time and place for command and control leadership, but it’s not needed as often as it’s used. Command and control leadership is useful in emergency or crisis management or leading unskilled, unconfident, inexperienced, or disengaged people who are required to act. Those situations are abnormal, and hopefully […]
Photo by Linus Mimietz on Unsplash I was recently asked the question ‘Organisational values are just fluff, aren’t they?’ Sadly, many people have decided that organisational values are so much fluff. I can understand their sentiments. Too many organisations have values that are just fluff, for three main reasons: Nobody, starting with their leaders, lives by them. They […]
Photo by chuttersnap on Unsplash No business owner intends to kill their business. But too often they do, unintentionally. The error is an act of misunderstanding. The aim was to improve the business, not kill it. The problem was that the people didn’t respond to the need or the way to improve. They simply saw it as meaningless […]
Photo by NeONBRAND on Unsplash Unfortunately, too many business owners see this investment as a cost. It’s even listed in their accounts as a cost, an overhead. If you haven’t already guessed it, we are talking about your payroll. It’s most likely your largest continuous investment. We look after our investments differently to our costs, don’t we? We […]
Photo by Ross Findon on Unsplash Leading change is one of the most important frequent functions of leadership, isn’t it? Ineffective leadership of change is a big contributor to change programs failing. Here’s where it fails: Inadequate planning and preparation. The reason for change has not been made clear nor compelling. The frequent supportive communication, coaching, patience and […]
Photo by Arisa Chattasa on Unsplash This time of the year many people are looking forward to the festive season. Many people will also experience stress, not only because of the expenses associated with the season, and juggling work and family commitments, but also memories that aren’t always positive. It seems many people experience sadness and tension during […]
Photo by Ben White on Unsplash I’ve had success, failure and success again in my business endeavours over the last thirty odd years. For the last two decades I’ve been an effective executive coach and have learned that the following ‘laws’ help not only me, but also my clients. Are they useful for you? My Top 5 Laws […]
Photo by William Hook on Unsplash Last week we saw Graeme’s crucial idea bomb out. It turned out that his idea – to have the business accredited with ISO 9001 – was indeed crucial. Graeme didn’t follow a plan that would work and instead met staff resistance and lost key personnel. His business, Acme Engineering, remained struggling. Here’s […]
Photo by August Politis on Unsplash Graeme came back from his industry conference with the idea he believed was crucial for his company’s competitive sustainability. They had to achieve ISO 9001:2015 certification as soon as possible. Graeme’s company, let’s call it Acme Engineering, had 280 full time staff and had been operating for 20 years. Acme was tendering […]
