Those of you who know me know that my passion is Attitudinal Competence and Effective Leadership Behaviour. I’ve devoted the last 20 years to helping people master their attitudes so they can live the life they choose; helping leaders master their attitudes and behaviour so they can have trust respect and performance from their people. […]
Senior and C-suite executives, directors and professionals of all callings are champions of their field. In other arenas there all champions have coaches. Yet in commerce only 32% of CEOs have coaches, although 100% said they would prefer to have some coaching, so says a Stanford University study. The main impediment is the misperception that […]
As a performance mentor and coach for executives and high performance professionals, I encourage my clients to think about this statement: “I eat and drink, think and speak, sleep, breathe and exercise in ways that enhance my health and effectiveness”. These are the truthful causes of your health and performance: What and how you eat […]
BlessingWhite recently posted an excellent article on why coaching (by workplace leaders and managers) doesn’t work. The article focussed on the five main causes of failed internal coaching and a general direction for the remedy for each cause. My previous post covered Cause 1 – Coaching to the Job Description, not the person. This post […]
BlessingWhite recently posted an excellent article on why coaching (by workplace leaders and managers) doesn’t work. The article focussed on the five main causes of failed internal coaching and a general direction for the remedy for each cause. This post covers the first cause and together with the following four posts over the next couple […]
Senior leaders tend to require their people to be trained without attending themselves. There are various stated reasons for this: They are too busy. They’ve already been trained in those areas (albeit some time ago). They are not the ones who need development. They aren’t sufficiently connected with the people being trained. They don’t want […]
CEOs, business owners or any top tier leader of any organisation, community, institution or government must have five specific pairs of pillars in order to be effective. Any other attribute they may have is a bonus, but without the particular pairs of pillars they are deficient as top tier leaders. These pairs of pillars are: […]
I recently saw a client’s 360 degree review compiled by direct reports, peers and seniors. Because my client is a leader the focus of the review was obviously leadership. There were 60 questions split amongst the components of leadership. It took the people providing the feedback about 90 minutes to complete the questionnaire. The nature […]
According to research by the Medibank 24/7 Health Advice Line, Australia is losing billions due to workplace stress. 15% of workers say they take sick days due to stress at least every month, totalling over 20 million sick days per year. That results in a loss of about $14 billion a year. 85% of workers […]
Leaders have so much to think about and do, more so these days than ever before. The biggest challenges are still around people. People are more mobile, expect more and can actually do more – provided they are effectively inspired, become motivated and are well developed. This then becomes an essential, if not the most […]
