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July 23, 2020

Taking Delegation for Granted Costs Too Much

I sat with Kelvin (name changed),  who’d started his own business a decade ago and now employs 30 staff. He’d weathered the pandemic lockdown and had restarted the business but was deeply concerned about a noticeable drop in productivity from people he knew could do better. “It seems like they’ve not realised we are back […]

June 4, 2020

Are Your Leaders Delegating Masterfully or Are They Rapidly Burning Money?

Photo by Jp Valery on Unsplash Delegating tasks or projects to staff is a critical point where performance and productivity can suffer. How many times have you been frustrated by your people not completing tasks in the manner or time expected? How often have you had to ‘micro-manage’ people into getting the job done? How often has re-work […]

August 1, 2019

Two Easy Yet Crucial Tips to Rapidly Improve Workplace Performance and Productivity

Photo by jesse orrico on Unsplash Gary owns an engineering service, with sixty-five employees.  He struggled to minimise re-work, overdue project delivery and costs. As an introvert he also struggled to confront and work with the people involved, preferring to work out the issues himself. Gary was very stressed, preventing him from thinking clearly. His wife recommended an […]

November 17, 2016

Leadership Can Change Your Perspective

John (name and identifying data changed) asked me to coach him. He’d recently been appointed as the CEO of his engineering firm, which provides turnkey process infrastructure. John is an engineer and for the last four years had been the senior engineer in charge of production output, reporting to the previous CEO. He asked me […]

March 17, 2016

Hold Them Accountable – Really?

I observed a monthly meeting of a senior leadership team. Present were the CEO and COO and their 8 direct reports – all general managers. When it came time to report on deliverables, the bulk of the reports explained why their objectives hadn’t yet been met. As the last excuse was delivered the CEO shot […]

August 20, 2015

What’s Your Style of Leadership?

The man in the grey suit approached as we were taking a coffee break in my presentation on the “12 C’s of Effective Leadership Behaviour” from my book “The Wheel of Effective Leadership Behaviour”. “So which leadership style do you advocate?” he asked. I paused then said “I don’t advocate any particular style of leadership.” […]

September 16, 2014

The High Cost and Prevalence of Leadership Cowardice and Ignorance

I am dismayed and frustrated at the prevalence of leadership cowardice and ignorance, and its resulting high cost. As an executive coach I find that most of the cases I undertake, whilst warranted, are exacerbated by a more senior leader failing to be clear, decisive and timely in bringing the critical issues to the attention […]

June 17, 2014

Coaching by Leaders and Managers – Why it can fail and how you can make it work (Part 5 of 5)

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 fifth and final cause where I’m giving you specific and actionable solutions for […]

March 4, 2014

Leader – Make Time for Your Stakeholders

I know you are very busy. I bet most of your meetings are either spot fire-fighting (dealing with urgent issues) or habitual time wasting sessions. I bet you blow too much time on emails. I bet you spend too much time on bureaucratic stuff that doesn’t deliver value. I bet you’d like to spend more […]

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