What An Empty Toilet Roll Says About Your Organisation’s Culture

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Ever been in the situation at work when, ahem, you have finished your business and look down to see that the person before you used the last of the toilet roll and left you to cope for yourself? What’s this got to do with workplace culture? My guess is that if this happens at your […]

5 Things Great Leaders Do Every Day

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Leadership is a habit, a practice. Great leaders do the same outstanding things over and over, day in day out. Here are five things that great leaders do every day. 1. Think about tomorrow. We get so caught up with what is right in our face that we can forget about the future. Great leaders always […]

WILL YOU PASS THE ‘LEADERSHIP LICENCE TEST’?

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So, before you are allowed to do a lot of things in life, you need to pass a test. Like drive a car, perform surgery or build a bridge. It’s kind of important that if you are going to potentially affect people’s lives or property that you show that you know what you are doing. Leading […]

WHERE IS YOUR FOCUS – PAPERWORK OR PEOPLE WORK?

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Most of us have conflicting priorities and are time poor. How do we get everything done that needs to be done? When we have lots of things demanding our attention, which ones do we do first? A trap that many of us fall into is to focus on the things that scream loudest. These might include meeting […]

CREATING ACCOUNTABILITY

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“The ancient Romans had a tradition: whenever one of their engineers constructed an arch, as the capstone was hoisted into place, the engineer assumed accountability for his work in the most profound way possible: he stood under the arch.” ~ Michael Armstrong Can you imagine what it would be like in your organisation if no […]

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STRONG AND WEAK LEADERS

In my experience, everyone who really wants to be a better leader has some success. If you want to be an even stronger leader, understand these differences. Respect vs Like. Strong leaders care more about being respected than being liked. Now, everyone wants to be liked but sometimes the need to be popular gets in […]