High Growth Blog

Date: December 6th, 2018
Category: Blog | Leadership

A recent study carried out by Development Dimensions International, highlights empathy as the biggest single leadership skill needed today. In the US some companies I have worked with believe that empathy is so important that they send managers to “empathy training.” Here are five reasons that empathy is becoming the number one leadership skill: Increased loyalty One…

Tags: | leadership

Read post

---

Date: November 29th, 2018
Category: Leadership | Team

A growth mindset amongst your team is critical to creating the right kind of environment in which individuals can thrive while your company grows. Growing your talent from the bottom up is both cost effective and successful, and staff are more engaged and encouraged to help the company grow as they do. Below are four…

Tags: | mindset

Read post

---

Date: November 24th, 2018
Category: Blog | Leadership

What’s the true secret to success? Business leaders have to ask themselves this question all the time. Even though the most successful leaders don’t all have the same leadership style, they all have wisdom to share about what makes their companies so successful. Here are three people who absolutely embody innovative leadership, and the lessons…

Tags:

Read post

---

Date: November 15th, 2018
Category: Blog | Strategy

As we approach the end of the year many executive teams are gathering in conference rooms for the yearly ritual of annual planning. Why is this such an important ritual? According to an article in McKinsey Quarterly, “For those working in the overwhelming majority of corporations, the annual planning process plays an essential role. In…

Tags: | planning, strategy execution

Read post

---

Date: November 10th, 2018
Category: Blog | Leadership

There is a misconception that burnout is caused by working too hard. However, most people in business I come across work hard. What actually causes burnout is an inability to manage one’s emotions. Life can be a roller coaster of ups and downs. Building a business can expose the highs and the drops of emotions….

Tags: | leadership energy

Read post

---

Date: November 3rd, 2018
Category: Leadership | Team

For all kinds of reasons your best employee’s can experience a performance slump at some point. As a manager, you may not always find an obvious way to get someone back on track, but the investment of energy you would need to turn this situation around is still so much less than what would be…

Tags: | management

Read post

---

Date: October 25th, 2018
Category: Blog | Leadership

Productivity requires determination and focus. To reach your full productive potential, you’ll need more than willpower. You’ll need sleep. Sleep deprivation, that’s anytime that you get less than seven hours of sleep, can make or break your productivity goals. When you put sleep at the top of your priority list, you’re making room for success…

Tags: | productivity

Read post

---

Date: October 20th, 2018
Category: Blog | Leadership

If you really want to accelerate your results, there is only one way to do it: Change your environment. You have to throw yourself in the deep end. If you are not immersing yourself into an environment that not only excites you but sometimes terrifies you, you only slow down your results and plateau where…

Tags: | Change, leadership

Read post

---

Date: October 11th, 2018
Category: Blog | Leadership

Scott Peck in his book The Road Less Traveled says that “without discipline we can solve nothing.” The most successful people in life are disciplined. Fact. Discipline is made up of tools we use to cope with life’s problems and challenges. Below I list some of the key markers of discipline: Hard working. If we…

Tags: | leadership, management

Read post

---

Date: October 6th, 2018
Category: Blog | Leadership

In a recent survey, Gallup found that one in two employees have left a job due to a manager. So why are managers such a problem in today’s workplace? The truth is, managing people isn’t easy. It’s one of the hardest jobs out there. Unfortunately, not everyone has those skills; yet those people end up…

Tags: | management

Read post

---