Leadership – Questions are Better than Answers
From time to time, clients come to me finding it hard to make enough time. Sometimes they’re exhausted; sometimes they are frustrated, and often they find themselves just…
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…
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…
‘My Way’? No Way!
Step out of the ‘doing’ stuff and work closely with your people to appreciate that ‘Your Way’ is not the only way.
The Poison of Perfection
Rarely does ‘perfect’ mean the same thing to everyone. Rarely is perfection either necessary or efficient.
Limited or Limitless? Your Employees’ Potential
As a leader, your greatest role is to support others so well, that they grow enough to move on to greater things themselves
Micromanagement – The Morale Killer
I saw a quote from Steve Jobs recently that set me thinking. Just what is it about micromanagement that is such a powerful demotivator? So powerful that it…
Right is Not Always Best
When you’re at the top of your particular tree, there are some conventions that it’s hard to shake. If you’re a CEO or a team leader, you got…
Important? Urgent? That is the Question
The challenges we face are often superficial. We make them up. When we do this and it deflects us from the truly important things in our lives, there…