Why Aren’t You Delegating More?
How good are you at delegating tasks to others? Many managers believe they delegate well. In reality, delegation is often one of the most underused leadership skills. In pre training surveys, most managers rate themselves 6 or 7 out of 10 for delegation. In practice, this often means they are clo...
What’s a good book on leadership?
โ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐โ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ผ๐ป ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐๐ผ๐โ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ?โ Thatโs a common question I can get when delivering training to managers. There are many excellent titles out there, but one I often mention is ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณโ๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ by Donovan Campbell. If his name sounds familiar, itโs because he also author...
What Is Your Why?
WHY DO YOU EXIST?.... By you, I mean why does your company or department exist? This is your โWhyโ, as Simon Sinek describes, but it also defines your โMissionโ. Many people confuse Vision and Mission statements, but they serve different purposes, as we make clear to manager in our Strategic Plan...
When it comes to change, don’t use the ‘Nike’ approach
When change becomes necessary, avoid the 'Nike' approach of simply telling your employees, "Just do it!" This often leads to the most resistance from your team when it comes to change management. In reality, there are several effective strategies that can help managers gain buy-in from their team...
How Well Do You Delegate?
On many of the management training courses I have delivered, delegation comes up as something that most managers believe they should be doing more of. I'm therefore sure many of you will feel the same way. Delegation is simply giving another person the authority and resources to do a job yo...
What Is Leadership?
How would you define Leadership in your own words? Expert John Maxwell defines it as 'Leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less'. However, I think that includes just one of three words that should be in any definition. What about you? How would you define it? So, according to leaders...