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Leadership Dimensions
Emotional Intelligence, and the associated Emotional Quotient (EQ), has been getting a lot of publicity these last years, especially since the work of David Goleman During the same period intellectual Intelligence and the associated Intellectual Quotient (IQ) has been...
Be prepared
Being on time for important events is essential, however, being prepared is paramount. By “being prepared”, I don’t mean having the presentation on a back-up USB key I’m talking about BEING prepared for what you are going to be DOING How prepared are you physically?...
Rainbow Teams
Teams, like individuals, have their characteristics. Some teams are action oriented with their sights firmly on their deliverables; full of focussed energy and committed and accountable for what they are engaged in. On the downside they can be so task oriented that...
The importance of followership for leaders
Followership is an extremely important topic for leaders; I don’t mean the need for leaders to have followers but the need for leaders to have a followership capacity. Leaders are not experts and they need sometimes to follow the ideas and suggestions of their...
Being Mindful when you have your mind full
It’s difficult to be Mindful when you have a mind full of stuff to do, so here are some ideas based on the 4C’s Mental Toughness model. Firstly, stay in Control of what you are doing; it’s very easy to get caught up in the frenzy of never ending Zooms, Teams, Webex,...
Leadership development programmes that make a real difference
In this article I would like to share what I think are the “bricks”, the “principles” and some “elements” that contribute to a truly effective approach to an “in-company” leadership development. The bricks Brick 1 – Focus on the behaviours that really matter based on...
Ensuring leadership failure
If you want to ensure that you fail as a leader here are ten essentials: Surround yourself with people who have a total confidence in your ideas, your opinions and your point of view; get rid of anyone who might see things, even slightly, differently. Don’t delegate...
Your most important leadership tool
When in a leadership position, whether we like it or not, the spotlight is always on us. Everything we say and do is under scrutiny; the way we walk into a room, the way we stand, our handshake, our eye contact, our smile ……………. our rate of speech ……… the list is...
Leading from the dark side
I saw the first Star Wars film when it came out in 1977; I enjoyed it, but nothing more. I liked the idea of the Jedi Knights and the Sith Lords, reminded me of the Lord of the Rings which I had read some years earlier; Sauron (chief lieutenant of the first Dark Lord,...
Become who you are are
“Be yourself, everyone else is already taken” Oscar Wilde I hear a lot of people say things like, “I don’t like her/his personality”, or “his/her personality is unacceptable” or, even, he/she needs to change their personality” Of course, most people saying the above...