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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...
Are you response able?
You can’t control your emotions; however, …………………. Emotional control is one of the key elements of Mental Toughness; but what does emotional control really mean? For many, it conjures up images of “gritted teeth”, “stiff upper lips” and total denial of the slightest...
The myths & realities of behavioural change
I’ve been involved in behavioural development for almost 35 years now and reckon that I have spent close on 4000 days interfacing with groups. I’ve worked with apprentices, students, future managers, first-line managers, project leaders, seasoned managers, directors,...
The thin line of perception
Perception is in the eye of the beholder There you are; focused & determined and people start saying you are blinkered & stubborn Or, maybe you are enthusiastically pursuing a challenge and people see you as impulsive and reckless Alternatively; there you are,...
Performing in the storm
Some people when faced with the unexpected will say, “stick to the facts”, others will say “trust your intuitions” and others will say “go with your instincts” They are all, partly right When the unexpected happens; be it the scene of an accident, a dog charging...
Liberating your leadership enablers
Leadership is about influencing others to work towards a vision or mission and I’ve yet to experience anyone asking me to influence them – leadership is rarely something that people give you; it’s something you have to take! “Leadership is the readiness to stand out...
First impressions
“You can’t make a second, first impression” As you walk into the conference room to make your inaugural speech, your coat pocket catches on the door handle causing you to drop the folder you are holding and your papers end up in the front row of the audience. Bending...