Influence
What is your biggest leadership challenge?
It is easy to be seduced into thinking that everything is high-priority and must have your attention now. But game-changing leaders have a laser-like focus on the number one thing that is going to make the biggest difference to achieving their objectives. Ken knew that if he did not turn around the relationship with his … Read more
Are you setting the tone?
As a leader you set the tone for the way people around you behave. They are modelling your cues far more than you think. Leaders exemplify the culture they want to create; the way we do things around here. Dianne set the tone of valuing her team members. She took an interest in everyone on … Read more
Are you turning obstacles into opportunities to recommit?
If you’re up to big things, it is not always going to go your way. It is rare that people immediately rally around a vision for the future, wanting to make it happen after they have heard it for the first time. Otherwise, they would have already taken action to achieve it. In fact, leadership … Read more
Are you creating free time?
Graeme was spending all his time on other people’s agendas. His diary was packed with back to back meetings, his emails were out of control, budget forecasts and project reports were relentless and of course staff issues were constantly distracting him. He had no time to think about tomorrow’s agenda, to ponder the strategic issues … Read more