Developing a productive and proficient team is important to every company and every project. It is an integral part of the business strategy and vision. [For more on Developing Your Business Strategy, get my White Paper: What To Consider When Developing a Business Strategy.] Understanding the stages of team development and how you can facilitate and even foster that development can [...]
How To Sell Based On the Personality/Buying Style of Your Customer Your customers have a lot of choices. Whether they buy from you or buy from someone else is often based on who they trust the most — who they believe understands them and their needs and can meet them. So, how do you instill this trust? Does it surprise you [...]
Team building and leadership are two hot topics in today's business world. Imagine I asked you and your team the following questions: ‘Would you like to reduce your stress’? ‘What would it feel like to look forward to coming to work every day’? ‘How would you like to lead a team that goes the extra mile -- and loves it’? Would you [...]
Have you recently taken time out to assess your leadership style? How effective is your leadership? How effective would you like it to be? Leadership styles certainly vary. As a business development coach and trainer, I frequently see different types of leadership. From my clients, research and experience I can see a moving away from the traditional type of leading, which [...]
For the last few days, we've been exploring the attributes of a good leader. L - Leaders are learners. E - Leaders are encouragers. A - Leaders are attractive. D - Leaders are decisive. E - Leaders know the importance of equipping their team for success. Today, let's look at the R in Leader. Leaders are reproducers. In my video I [...]
For the last few days, we've been exploring the attributes of a good leader. L - Leaders are learners. E - Leaders are encouragers. A - Leaders are attractive. D - Leaders are decisive. E - Leaders know the importance of equipping their team for success. The 5th Attribute of a Good Leader is understanding the importance of equipping your team [...]
For the last few days, we've been exploring the attributes of a good leader. L - Leaders are learners. E - Leaders are encouragers. A - Leaders are attractive. D - Today, we explore the D In leadership. Leaders are decisive and they make good decisions. What makes a "good decision"? Good decisions are: • Informed - you gather the data [...]
Are your leadership skills attractive? This will help you attract the best people and keep them.
Good leaders encourage their team well. Today, as you look to develop your team, they may not need more orders, but more courage, that comes from encouragement.
An effective leader needs to learn in order to keep growing and stay ahead. Tony Lynch, Keep Thinking Big, shares three things an effective leader needs to focus on to make sure they are always learning. Learn about yourself Learn from your team Learn from you customers What are your strengths and areas of weakness? Are you listening to your team? [...]
How have great leaders throughout history thought? What processes have they used? What outcomes have they had? Could it be that the way they think is part of what made them a great leader? The actual process of thinking is either one of the easiest or one of the most difficult things to do. We have all developed certain thought habits [...]
Leadership Excellence – 7 Steps to transform your leadership is coming to London. Having presented this 1 day training course in Slovakia recently, I am so looking forward to bringing this to the capital of England. I really hope that you will be able to attend this event. Leadership Excellence is a rich content highly interactive seminar. Designed to inspire and [...]
Talent development is the best way to ensure greater engagement, it reduces stress, increases staff morale, motivation and inspires teams to go the extra mile. With great leadership talent does not come and go rather it comes and grows. Companies, organisations and teams don't suffer because their teams are strong, effective and forever engaged in the mission of their companies. Having [...]
Why should leaders need to learn? What should they be learning? How do you learn as a leader? What have you learnt in the last 7 days about your ability to lead others? Having researched a number of people who lead at different levels, I have noticed that the most effective leaders have a fascination with learning. They are eager to [...]
Since I gave my TEDx talk, many people have asked be various questions about it such as: How does one prepare to speak at a TEDx? What is the process for being chosen as a TEDx speaker? What was it like? Are there any guidelines and rules given for a TEDx talk? Rather than answering all of these on a one [...]