What Is Your Why?
WHY DO YOU EXIST?.... By you, I mean why does your company or department exist? This is your ‘Why’, as Simon Sinek describes, but it also defines your ‘Mission’. 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...
Value Your Employees-The Christmas Season Is A Good Time To Do It
One of the great needs of each of us as humans is to be valued. We want to feel that people care and appreciate us, whether it is our spouses or partners, our parents or children. So, it is also equally true that people want to be valued at their place of work, where so much of their time, ...
In Business, First Impressions STILL Count
When it comes to meeting people, we have all heard of the saying “Don’t judge a book by the cover”, and we all know it to be true. How many of us became friends with someone at school, college or the workplace who, when we first met, we did not like? However, once we got to know them through one mea...