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 […]
The in-house architect was important to the success of the development project. She was talented, creative yet pragmatic and realistic in her technical design output. The leadership valued her work highly. But she was painful to work with. She was never wrong - in her opinion. She was rude, even brutal in her criticism of […]
“I aspire to be a CEO” Have you heard that before? Perhaps you’ve even thought or said it yourself. What if you are a CEO now? Do you think you really deserve it? How often do you doubt yourself as a CEO? Can you imagine anyone telling you that you shouldn’t be the CEO? Mostly […]
The leadership team consists of all the leaders in the organisation, not just the top tier. A front line supervisor is a leader too. The great leadership team creates these skills, by first agreement then consistent correct practice: They all agree on and live the values. Every action is results-oriented towards fulfilling the vision, mission […]
Can you imagine your impact and the example you’d set if you could consistently practice unconditional respect? That means that no matter what is happening, no matter what others are being or doing, you can always be respectful and effective. It doesn’t mean you let things that need addressing slip by. People don’t intend to […]
Do you care enough about: The values you agreed to in your business? The value of your work to your team? The value of your work to your customers or clients? The way you relate to your team members? The quality of the work you produce? The value your business intends to give to your […]
Having spent my early career hunting humans, I know hunting elephants is as great a challenge. I don’t mean hunting elephants in the wild or on game reserves. I mean in the boardroom and in the organisation. The boardroom is the tip of the proverbial iceberg. If there’s an elephant in the boardroom, there’s at […]
Today’s workplace has four generations popularly labelled Silents, Baby Boomers, Generations X and Y. At the same time most organisations are experiencing difficulty in attracting and retaining talent. Douglas Coupland is a Canadian novelist. His first book, the 1991 novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, became an international bestseller and popularised the terms […]
Ego – always being right - learn instead; being better than others - get the nobility of all work – thank you Simon Bowen!; being popular - earn trust and respect instead. Expectations – replace with clear and accepted agreements - convince, not dictate; operate from best intentions instead; make no assumptions – ask better […]
I’ve seen fantastic lists of challenges that leaders face, ranging from acquiring more revenue to retaining talent. What I haven’t seen on the list is the one thing that could make all the difference. In fact I believe it is the top challenge we face as leaders. Let me give you three examples. I reviewed […]
