Much has been written about the virtues of collaboration, lately largely driven by technology platforms that do, in fact, make collaboration easier.
Much has been written about the virtues of collaboration, lately largely driven by technology platforms that do, in fact, make collaboration easier.
I was asked by a client “How did you get to have a 100% referral business?”
I’ve had a 100% referral business (Metattude now) since 1999, when my first client had a Business Review Weekly article written about their success with me, giving me a one-line mention.
After observing and coaching teams, especially executive teams, for the last 25 years, I assert that there are only three root causes for the loss of trust.
I’ve been an executive coach for two decades and before that a leader in defence, law-enforcement and commerce. Despite that, I’m still learning to be a better leader myself as I help others. I was asked recently if I could distil everything about being a great leader down to three traits. I described those traits […]
Trust is an essential component of us being able to work together, serve others and buy from others. Trust in leaders is essential for an enterprise to be able to deliver its promise. Today, trust is greatly diminished at all levels, in politics, government, and commerce. It feels like a race to the bottom, grabbing […]
You work in an organisation that is complex. You will often navigate between both functional and dysfunctional aims, needs and issues. The political landscape in organisations will include: Whole of government requirements versus departmental requirements e.g. funding Interdepartmental issues e.g. Finance versus Marketing Cultural issues between career pathways e.g. Leadership and management versus subject matter […]
Gordon (not his real name) had just been appointed head of his firm’s large regional office, after four years as a senior sales manager there. He was aware that it was an unpopular choice, having earned the mistrust of three long serving key people he’d criticised and re-deployed whilst in his previous role. They were […]
Kevin and John had a good working relationship, built over the last few years. Kevin had a new service he was offering through his website and asked John, his go-to person for website content, to review his website prior to the service launch. John promised Kevin that he would complete the website review by the […]
Michael is a good guy. Most people like him. But Michael doesn’t deliver his work on time or at the right standard. He always agrees to the suggestions made to improve, but it just doesn’t happen. Do you know this guy or someone like him? Nobody wants to be the bad guy that gets on […]
Gary was a very competent and confident CEO. His people knew he was an expert and would mostly lead them down the right path. That however, didn’t stop them not trusting him. It didn’t stop good talent from leaving. The reason they didn’t trust Gary was that they felt Gary did not care for them. […]