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Why Aren’t You Delegating More?
11 November, 2025

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...

Business, Businesses, Delegation, Leadership Training, Management, Management Training
What’s a good book on leadership?
06 October, 2025

What’s a good book on leadership?

โ€œ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ?โ€ Thatโ€™s a common question I can get when delivering training to managers. There are many excellent titles out there, but one I often mention is ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ by Donovan Campbell. If his name sounds familiar, itโ€™s because he also author...

Business, Leadership, Leadership Training, Management, Management Training
What Is Your Why?
30 June, 2025

What Is Your Why?

WHY DO YOU EXIST?.... By you, I mean why does your company or department exist? This is your โ€˜Whyโ€™, as Simon Sinek describes, but it also defines your โ€˜Missionโ€™. Many people confuse Vision and Mission statements, but they serve different purposes, as we make clear to manager in our Strategic Plan...

Business, Businesses, Company Management, Leadership, Leadership Training, Management, Management Training
When it comes to change, don’t use the ‘Nike’ approach
14 April, 2025

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...

Change Management, Change Management Process, Change Management Training, Leaders, Leadership, Management, Managers, Managing Change
How Well Do You Delegate?
07 March, 2025

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...

Business, Businesses, Company Management, Delegation, Leadership, Management, Management Training
What Is Leadership?
21 February, 2025

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...

Leaders, Leadership, Management, Managers
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