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...
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...
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?...
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...
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...
