The Three Wins of Delegation: Overcoming the Leader’s Two Greatest Challenges
There are two challenges that most often come up when coaching leaders: feeling too busy and finding good people they trust. When a leader pauses to consider a…
Shouting at Seagulls
She watched the ducks and moorhen feeding on the food she threw, with more birds arriving all the time. In the sky, hordes of seagulls were circling, waiting…
To Lead Well, Look Inside First
A little bit of context. I was running late to my 3-hour hospital volunteering job in the local hospital. At the entrance doors, an older couple (yes, even…
10 Things A New Manager Must Do on the First Day
One of the biggest challenges for any new manager, is how to approach (and even survive) the very first day in their new appointment. Indeed what you do…
Are Assumptions a Leader’s Worst Enemy?
There are many demands on every leader. Finding ways to spend their time most effectively. The skills they need to be the best they can. And just as…
Management Development – Four Advanced Coaching Skills
Coaching is a valuable skill that managers use when developing their people. It ensures they all perform to their best without telling them everything, because it’s vital to help them…
Leadership Skills – Quick Steps to Relationship Building
At this time, there will be many people finding it a challenge to work in different ways. Whether you have new people to forge relationships with, or working…
Listening as a Leadership Skill
There are many tactics leaders adopt when they are interacting with their teams. On a one-to-one basis, nothing is more important than the capacity to take the time…
5 Ways the Best Leaders Make More Time
One of the most common complaints I get when I’m coaching leaders is how they are so stretched for time. Often this is an early port of call…
Post-COVID Leadership – NOW is the Time for Action
I’ve always been a bit of a Pollyanna. There is good in almost everything – it just takes finding. This huge challenge is no different. The vast majority…