Blogs
Putting a Process around Work Conversations
“Tribes used to have a process, we need one too.” Uncertainty about content and context The more senior leaders become, the more “removed” they are from engaging in real ways with the people in their teams. They have increased feelings of uncertainty about what to...
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What holds us back from having better work conversations?
Intellectually leaders “get it” - have better work conversations and business performance improves. The reality is that attitudes, emotions, time, ego, job titles, perceived risks, fear of failure, comfort with status quo all get in the way and hold these same leaders...
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Become a better leader by having better conversations
Become a better leader by recognising not only are you human but so are the people you lead. A critical part of the human condition is our desire to feel significant, to belong, to feel like we are making a difference. When these basic tribal needs are fuelled people...
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Better Conversations mean better Better Relationships
Conversations connect people, they engage people, they inform people, they ignite action and they ultimately develop or damage the culture of the business. Better conversations result in better relationships. Better, because they are inspiring, engaging and based on...
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Leadership – are you a professional or an amateur?
“An amateur practices until he can play it correctly, a professional practices until he can’t play it incorrectly”. This greeted me as an inspirational quote on my computer and instantly triggered my thinking about the frustrations I feel when working with business...
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High Performance Leadership
Expressing high performance leadership consistently everyday is essential for any leader serious about developing, maintaining and retaining high performing: Individuals Teams Business units Whole of business cultures. Such high performance leadership is expressed in:...
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How to create a high performance culture
“Culture eats strategy for breakfast” is thought to be a famous quote attributed to the late business management guru, Peter Drucker or some have claimed it was Jack Welch - either way it profoundly highlights the importance of leadership behaviours within an...
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The key to managing team performance
Managing team performance requires a constant balance between people and task - and with the time pressures faced by many people with the responsibility of managing a team, the key question is “how do I do this” and ensure my team is working in the high performance...
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Building a high performance team
Building high performance teams is not as simple as stating you want one and figuring out how you’ll measure it. It takes rigour, discipline and commitment. So how do you build a high performance team? As stated in our previous blog on measuring if you have a high...
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How do you measure a high performance team?
All organisations work towards the achievement of business goals and aim to maximise efficiency, but how do you measure if you have a high performance team? Historically business leaders have invested significant time measuring the outcomes from teams - the revenue,...
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Did you know entitled millennials actually boost benefits for business?
Is feeling or being entitled a bad thing? Many have labelled young people (Gen Y and Gen Z who are young people born after 1980 and frequently referred to as the Millennials) as the entitled generation. Furthermore this description is then used as a “whip” not as...
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Unlocking opportunity across generations
Differences between the generations can act as a wedge and drive the four generations apart or these differences can act as a catalyst generating the divergent thinking critical to ignite innovation and enable collaborative decision making. Ask any top leader and most...
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Retain millennials, develop their managers
Bill James ,the factory watchman turned baseball historian and statistician, once observed, “There will always be people who are ahead of the curve, and people who are behind the curve. But knowledge moves the curve.” We propose organisations “move the curve” when...
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The Ageless Millennials
Increasingly we read about the multi-generational issues facing leaders in business - as they come to grips with up to four generations working in their teams. We read in various publications and blogs about the ways in which the Millennials differ from predecessor...
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Harnessing the purpose of your Millennials
Reading an article produced by the author of the Career Engagement Game I was interested to see that Millennials are quickly creating the brand of having a two-year itch. Employers are not able to keep them longer than two years and yet they are the most motivated of...
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Influencing skills when leading
Interestingly with at least three generations in any workplace at the moment - influencing skills have become increasingly important. What does this mean for the different generations? Well at the top of the tree - senior leadership teams - these leaders need to...
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Kindness is the essence of courageous leadership
When watching and listening to people engage in conversations with colleagues while they try to achieve performance and produce results, it never ceases to amaze me how far too often basic human kindness is forgotten. We forge ahead irrespective of what is happening...
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Back to Basics when Leading
In our current environment of VUCA - volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity - leaders are inundated with "stuff". They receive hundreds of emails each day, most probably the same number of phone calls, don't forget the back to back meetings and of course...
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Leading Light and Fast
Traditional and experienced ways of leading are not necessarily going to serve organizations into the future. Our Courageous Leaders facilitators increasingly challenge top leadership teams during workshops and programs to examine their current status quo and identify...
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