Your team’s greatest skill is their ability to think – critically and creatively One of the common frustrations I hear from mid-level managers is the belief “my team isn’t stepping up”. Often times, they’re caught up being too hands on ‘managing today’ rather than ‘creating tomorrow’, and they’ve become...
Deciding where to focus and what to focus on are two of the most important ongoing decisions you’ll make in your role. As a leader, reaching your next performance level will be determined and underpinned by you identifying and driving the opportunities that matter – to maximise the return...
Your success is a function of how you lead through uncertainty Most of us are driven by the need for certainty. We crave the familiarity of what we know and expect, what we can predict and control, and what we can make sense of based on previous reference points....
A new year is a great opportunity to look ahead and plan what you want to achieve. Looking at the big picture and figuring out goals – things that are important, things you want to change, in any aspect of life. Two key questions can help set your focus:...
Everyone I’ve asked this week “how are things going?” has given the same answer “Really busy”. It occurred to me that being busy has become so accepted as an answer, even expected. If we’re not flat out busy, there must be something missing. It got me thinking about the...
Creating your ‘one’ word for the year ahead is like setting your compass – the overarching direction for what you want to achieve – so you can be guided and rallied by the force of what that word means to you. This process can become an empowering yearly ritual....
In today’s fast based business environment, individual performance is so much more than just doing your day job. It’s about continually being stretched and challenged to deliver more, better and faster – or so it seems. One of the fastest ways to accelerate performance is through modeling. Modeling is...
The decisions and actions you take in your first 90 days in a new leadership role will largely determine whether you succeed or fail in the role. Especially when the stakes are high. Your transition success creates vision, opportunity and significance for others. Judgments about you and your leadership...
You’ve got the job and now you’ll be expected to deliver In todays’ economic climate, organisations are hiring where the need and impact will be the greatest. Given this mandate, you must be prepared to hit the ground running in a new role You’ll probably be expected to seamlessly...
5 Habits of highly productive people November 6, 2018
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