How to stop bad habits from holding back your business
Category: Blog | Leadership
Businesses often fail not because they don’t follow the right formula; it’s because they don’t focus on what not to do. Those beneficial characteristics which can make CEO’s a success can also lead to their downfall. For example, excessive confidence and unchecked ambition make up a recipe for self-destruction. According to a Science Direct publication,…
Tags: | leadership
Empathy – the Secret of Successful Leadership
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
How to get fast results?
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
How discipline can lead to success
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
5 TED Talks to Improve your Leadership
Category: Blog | Leadership
As a coach, I’m always on the lookout for new inspiration and tools for helping others improve leadership. Learning about other people’s experiences, strategies, and ideas about leadership. Here are 5 of the best TED talks that summarise what makes great leaders Simon Sinek, “Why Good Leaders Make You Feel Safe” Simon Sinek affirms that…
Tags: | leadership, management
The 5 Steps for Successful Strategy Implementation
Category: Blog | Strategy Implementation
Having a great strategy, can catapult your company to the mainsteam market, but only solid execution can keep you there. Can you deliver your intent? Most companies can dream big and create a vision, but cannot execute. Robert Kaplan and David P Norton recently reported in the Harvard Business Review that 95% of employees are…
Tags: | leadership, strategy execution
The Secrets of Effective Messaging
Category: Blog | Leadership
We’ve all heard the phrase, “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” If only that were true in business. Carefully-designed “covers“ are essential to attracting potential buyers to commit to purchasing products and services. Covers in business are not just on books. They include everything that acts as an impression (or as I term them:…
Tags: | leadership
How to attract and retain the best people
Category: Leadership | Team
Alot of companies say that employees are their most valuable assets, but do not all walk the talk. It takes a lot of time and effort to find, recruit and retain the right people to join your company. It also takes considerable time to onboard and get them to the point that they are making…
Tags: | culture, leadership, recruitment
How to Be an Effective Leader of a High Growth Team
Category: Blog | Leadership
There are no shortage of books and blogs on leadership styles and techniques, containing multiple different styles and techniques for leading. After recently reading a variety of articles and books on this topic, I noticed common themes that leadership experts such as Simon Sinek, John Maxwell and Daniel Pink are aligned on. While this is…
Tags: | leadership, management
Three habits to boost your productivity
Category: Blog | Leadership
As high achievers, the main objective is to move and evolve at a faster pace in life, all while making your biggest impact in the world. When it comes to being a high achiever in business, it’s going to require more than morning routines and the typical productivity hacks that are often mentioned. To gain…
Tags: | leadership, time management
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