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May 21, 2020

How This Reassured Leader Rapidly Improved Productivity

to by Andreas Klassen on Unsplash Brett owns a manufacturing business and over fifteen years had built his workforce of 43 good people with his energy, expertise and empathy. But he was frustrated with two behaviours of some of his people: Some of them kept interrupting him to ask for more information, or what to do next, […]

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 […]

July 4, 2019

Which of These Two Business Owners Are You Most Like?

Owner 1 Maureen, business owner, locked herself in her office.  She was shaking with anger. Gary, her best salesperson, in front of her team, had just demanded a raise, saying if he wasn’t there the business would fail. Gary wasn’t correct, but it was what he believed. Maureen is a good person, her people love […]

June 27, 2019

The Only Two Goals Worth Having as Business Owner or Managing Partner

All of us in business as owners or managing partners are ultimately seeking sustainable growth and profitability, aren’t we? So, our key performance indicators (KPI) or key results areas (KRA) are chosen to drive growth and profit, aren’t they? Those KPI and KRA subsequently become the list of goals we seek to achieve. I assert […]

March 7, 2019

Why the Way You Lead Matters

I know you’ve heard so much about the importance of leadership and perhaps you’re becoming desensitised to it all. However please stay with this. The changes to the workplace are massive and truly disruptive. The level of uncertainty and complexity can be quite overwhelming. Now we need effective leadership more than ever. Leadership that creates […]

November 22, 2018

Coaching for Crucial Conversations

Hello David here. Imagine that it is February 2019, that's two and a half months from now, now being the 15th of November 2018 and you’re stepping into the business for the first time after the break. And you have a clear plan about how you're going to have some very important conversations with people […]

September 27, 2018

Are You a Closet Crucial Conversation Coward?

Here’s how you can tell if you are: Persistent problems in your business. You feel it’s too risky to approach the perpetrator/s. You don’t want to make it worse. You kid yourself that it will get better naturally. You have a feeling of guilt about it, sometimes keeping you awake at night. Whilst these feelings […]

July 12, 2018

How to Reset Your SME’s Workplace Culture (with infographic)

Small to medium enterprises are our biggest employer group, have a huge impact on our economy, and yet are the most vulnerable! The major challenges they face are: People - their own and their customers Cashflow Business processes Marketing and sales Productivity and innovation The biggest influence on those challenges is the workplace culture of […]

May 3, 2018

Leadership Madness

There are those leaders who become losers when Sucking the sauce of seeming special, Sanctioning suspect strategy Studying spreadsheets Selling spin and styles of slavery.   They may be busy, but they are not engaged leaders.   Because of the law of gravity They are the primary cause of Employee disengagement Poor performance Pathetic productivity […]

May 18, 2017

Tips for Dealing with a Culture of Avoidance

Avoidance of dealing with unacceptable behaviour and performance can be a big part of the culture of many organisations across commerce and government, costing them loss of talent, productivity, innovation and opportunity. This avoidance culture leaves the organisation vulnerable to serious disruption by competitors who are more agile and performance focused with a culture of […]

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