Great teams with a great culture can achieve amazing things – and create competitive advantage along the way (take Zappos and software provider Atlasssian whose values based cultures drive every part of their business). Culture is much more than the common expression of “it’s the way we do things...
We know what it takes to be successful. After all, success is simply a strategy, right? RESULT – Choose what you want to achieve (e.g. reach a GM role in 5 years) PATH – Know what you need to get there (leadership development plan) PROGRESS – Track how you’re...
Good leaders, reflecting on their own performance, start within the context of culture – “how are we riding as a team right now?” Is my team happy? Are my key stakeholders happy? Are we living the values we agreed? Are we improving where it counts, and is our pace...
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...
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