Getting the most from your team
We all have too much to do and too little time to do it. In today’s complex and collaborative workplace, the real challenge is to manage not just your personal workload but that of your team’s. As a leader, your role is to both “set the strategic vision” and act as “the buffer for unreasonable […]
How to Deliver Greatness
We are all born with potential for greatness. There are no exceptions, yet most achieve far below their potential while a small handful rise to amazing heights and become legends. To rank amongst the elite you must consciously change your habits. Greatness does not show up just because you think about it. Greatness is a […]
The Questions High Growth Leaders Ask
High Growth leadership is not as much about knowing the right answers, as it is about knowing the right questions. We all know that asking questions is a powerful leadership tool, but most leaders fail to apply this insight with their team. Bob Tiede has studied and written about asking questions and offers really practical […]
Emotional Intelligence: The Secret to Your Success
One area I really focus on with leaders is Emotional Intelligence (EQ). The first question I am often asked is how does this differ to Intelligence Quotient or IQ. In summary IQ measures a person’s reasoning ability while EQ measures how one manages their emotions. Have you ever met someone who’s intellect is massive but […]
Influence and Leadership
Influence is a core pillar of leadership. A leader has to be influential – which means: be able to change the hearts and minds of others. In other words, as a leader you need to be able to communicate and interact with others in a way that not only influences them to do things, be […]
How to keep top talent in Silicon Valley
Answerlab, based in Silicon Valley, delivers digital insights for the world’s leading brands. The company has 35 employees and in 3 years they have had zero turnover. How has this been achieved? The CEO Amy Buckner Chowdhry firstly relies on a one page strategic plan with monthly reporting. The team knows “who owns what” and […]
Fix of Fire?
I was reading the other day of Jack Welsh’s philosophy that people fit into four categories of performance: Live the firm values and do produce: keep them! Live the firm values and are not producing: keep them and develop their performance. Don’t live the values and don’t produce: easy–fire them! Don’t live the values and […]
Consequences that work….
One area of frequent discussion in coaching sessions is that of ‘consequences’. If an individual is not performing, what consequences can be imposed and enforced to help bring their performance back on track. Personally, I like to keep things simple on the consequences front, because if you recruit people who are aligned with your values, […]
The 20 Trickiest Job Interview Questions
With Apple being known as one of the most challenging and exciting places to work, it is not surprising to learn that getting a job there is not easy. Like Google and other big tech companies, during an interview Apple asks a mix of technical questions based on your past work experience and some challenging […]
How to make the most out of this summer….
It is that time of year when many businesses tend to slowdown due to the holiday season. If you find you and your team with some spare capacity, now is the time to get ahead of your competitors and be prepared for when others return form their holidays Here are a few ideas on areas […]
