Leadership Insights

06 October, 2025

What’s a good book on leadership?

“𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗮 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱?” That’s a common question I can get when delivering training to managers. There are many excellent books on leadership out there, but one I often mention is 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘥𝘦 by Donovan Campbell. If his name sounds familiar, it’s because h...

Business, Leadership, Leadership Training, Management, Management Training

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 ‘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...

Business, Businesses, Company Management, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Training, Management, Management Training, Managers

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

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

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

29 November, 2024

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, ...

Business, Businesses, Communication Skills, Company Management, Leadership, Management