Businesses today face change all the time. If you’re not changing that means you’re standing still, and that just does not make good business sense. Change can take many different forms. An organisation can be bought, sold or taken over. Mergers happen all the time. Economic conditions, exchange rates, and government regulations all create ongoing challenges not only for business leaders but for employees as well.
Coaching is the “in” methodology for personal development, but what exactly is coaching?
Here are a few definitions:
Realising that in today’s world email has become an indispensible way of communication, here are 4 suggestions to make sure we use it most effectively:
“If the email message that you are reading is going to take you longer than five minutes to read and reply to, it needs to be a phone call.”
Did you know that more information can be exchanged in a two-minute phone call than in any email that takes us ten minutes to write and the other person ten minutes to read? (The door swings both ways, too). Continue Reading »
Do you like to be managed? Or do you prefer to follow someone who knows where they are going and is interested in your development?
A large part of my work is in teaching managers the art of people leadership. People Leadership is getting the best from people by connecting their intrinsic motivators with the goals and vision of the organisation.
The good people leader understands that they must develop both performance and potential. Performance is usually a more tangible measurement in terms of output whereas potential (how ready is this person for increased reward and responsibility) is more challenging to judge. Continue Reading »
It is a common myth that everyone can be a leader. This is not true as many managers do not have the self leadership (self-awareness + authenticity) necessary for leadership; in a addition the manager must want to be a leader and many do not want to shoulder the responsibility that comes with it. Continue Reading »
