The mental downtime your brain needs…
Category: Blog | Leadership
Over the past few decades, it has become clearer that being “on” 24/7/365 is not a recipe for success. Discussions about work life balance and the need to take holidays are signs that we understand that getting away from work is important for mental and physical health. However, it I also useful to dig a little more…
Tags: | leadership energy, Self Leadership
Are you a “yes” person?
Category: Blog | Leadership
I often work with clients who are too accommodating to others, resulting in personal frustration and lack of progress. Not surprisingly, saying “yes” all the time makes you feel stressed and allows others to value your time even less. If you say “yes” often enough, people will come to expect it which becomes a self…
Tags: | leadership, Self Leadership
How leaders can bring certainty to business in an uncertain world
Category: Blog | Leadership
The last twelve months have filled the world with uncertainty. The difference between succeeding and failing during these times is a mirror of how fast you can adapt to the changes. I’ve been coaching my clients daily since the start of Covid-19 on how to adapt, adjust, and execute. What I have found is one…
Tags: | mindset, Self Leadership
How to lead selflessly through Covid-19
Category: Blog | Leadership
A crisis can bring out the best qualities of leader as well as the worse. Through Covid-19, I have seen CEOs step up to support their employees during this pandemic whether for example, by committing to not laying off employees or cutting their salaries. I have also seen CEO’s make dramatic mistakes, such as excessive…
Tags: | Self Leadership
Steps to effective listening
Category: Blog | Leadership
One of the things I have to do as a coach/leader is to be a great listener. Sometimes effective listening can be a challenge because, like most people, I can fall into the trap of thinking about my response and how I would like to help the individual with whom I am communicating. One of…
Tags: | Self Leadership
5 Habits That Will Keep You From Burning Out
Category: Blog | Leadership
As humans are easily distracted. Smartphones, gossip, social media, endless email, mindless web browsing, too much TV, video games, etc. When done in excess, these activities drain you of energy, productivity and ultimately, fulfilment. It doesn’t have to be that way. Here are five ways to create an environment for greater success and happiness: Avoid…
Tags: | Personal Development, Self Leadership
How to Strengthen Your Confidence
Category: Leadership
There’s an easy test you can take that will tell you whether your venture or project will fail. It’s very simple. All you have to do is ask yourself whether you believe you can do it. If there’s any hesitation in your answer, it’s unlikely you’ll make it. Occasionally questioning your strategy is fine, but…
Tags: | Self Leadership
How to Boost Your Self-Confidence
Category: Leadership
Nobody is born with limitless self-confidence. If someone seems to have incredible self-confidence, it’s because they have worked on building it for years. Self-confidence is something that you learn to build up because the challenging world of business, and life in general, can deflate it. Here are 5 things you can do to build up…
Tags: | Self Leadership
How High Growth Companies Make Learning a Habit
Category: Leadership
Learning is embedded into the culture of all high growth companies. They are able to make consistent progress because learning is a habit for individuals within these organisations. Habits are freeing because they save us from the difficult, energy sapping business of making decisions and exercising our self-control. With about 40% of everyday life shaped…
Tags: | discipline, Self Leadership
Defining your rules of success
Category: High Growth Ideas | Leadership
Back in my early corporate days, the office I worked in had notice board. On that board generally important information was communicated. One day a member of the team, as a joke, put a copy of Murphy’s Law on it (“If anything can go wrong it will”). That depressing quote stared out at us as…
Tags: | leadership, mindset, Self Leadership
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