Photo by Vlad Hilitanu on Unsplash Jeff started his business in his backyard – metal fabrication. He was good at it and soon he had to move to bigger premises. He hired more staff and because it was still smallish, he knew them all and they all worked together well. And the business kept growing. Soon Jeff had […]
Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash That’s the best we can do isn’t it? Influence another to change. Only they can make the change in themselves. However, we can surely influence another’s attitude, because we are all receptive to another’s attitude and actions. It has to do with our mirror neurons. Whether we are leaders or team […]
(Attitudinal Competence and the Effective Change Leadership) Photo by Hans Eiskonen on Unsplash You’re a business owner, or in charge of a business with more than thirty employees, possibly many more. You are experiencing the need to make necessary changes quicker – for instance to adapt or improve your systems, processes, technology, culture, customer service and more. You […]
Photo by Pedro Ribeiro on Unsplash Paula is the managing director and major shareholder of the public listed mining company. They export three base metals. They’re in full production in all three metals and whilst they’ve got ample future ore identified, they aren’t ready to expand yet for these reasons, as Paula describes: “We want to stop exporting […]
Photo by Vidar Nordli-Mathisen on Unsplash Are you at risk of becoming a redundant welfare recipient? Welfare recipients are amongst the most vulnerable people on the planet. They rarely get what they really need. If you fail to master the following three skills, you could descend into that category. Skill No. 1 – Attitudinal Competence This is the […]
Photo by Sirma Krusteva on Unsplash If you do have that skill, congratulations! You are Attitudinally Competent. That means you can rapidly select, adapt or maintain your best attitude for what has happened, is happening or might happen and not be stuck with habitual attitudes. You have mastered the power of your attitudes. However, if you want to […]
Photo by roya ann miller on Unsplash As both the chair and CEO, he’d been the leader of the company he founded for twenty years. At this board meeting, his innovation team, a cross section of the company’s talent, presented the next generation of product and service mix his company would launch in the New Year. Key to […]
Photo by Phil Coffman on Unsplash Tom replaced the mining company’s former chief operating officer, who had fallen seriously ill. Less than two months later Tom felt extremely stressed and was struggling to keep up with his workload. Worst of all he hadn’t had time to get to know the people who were delivering the outputs and results. […]
Photo by Roland Samuel on Unsplash The in-house architect was important to the success of the development project. He was talented, creative yet pragmatic and realistic in his technical design output. The leadership valued his work highly. But he was painful to work with. He was never wrong – in his opinion. He was rude, even brutal in […]
Photo by Hanny Naibaho on Unsplash Barry was walking around the large office space. As CEO it was his habit to ‘walk the floor’ regularly. He stopped at Sharyn’s desk because he noticed the glum look on her face. “Hi Sharyn, everything OK?’ he asked. Sharyn looked up with a tight smile “Hi Barry, yes all good.” Barry […]
