As a leader do you feel that your team look to you for answers? Do you feel that the key requirement of a leader is to provide direction? Sometimes, with this mindset, you can find yourself dominating the conversation which may mean the views of your team aren’t being heard. It means, if there are ten
Keeping to Your New Year Goals (or any goal for that matter)
I had numerous discussions with family and friends over the holiday break about their New Year resolutions. January 15th is supposedly the most common day for ‘failing’ on your resolution – as we all know it’s easy to make resolution but much harder to keep to them. There’s probably a good reason for this –
The Power of Failing (every now and then)
Apparently, there is a perfect rate of failure – and it’s 12.5%. 1 in every 8 of your decisions, initiatives, projects should end in failure. I’m not sure how that exact figure was computed but it makes sense to me: if you never or very rarely fail, you may well develop a reputation as a
Just Say No
One of the biggest challenges I come across when working with leaders to develop their impact is their ability to break free from the demands of the day-to-day job, the constant flow of emails and phone calls demanding their attention. It’s all too easy to be pulled in several directions at once, to find yourself