This whole week I have been speaking about moulding people into your company or how to lead and grow people for the good of the company – to conclude the thinking and this mini-series as such you need to realise one last important thing. Life is short so don’t waste a minute of it with … Read moreGet rid of them!
So I have been talking about the direction of the company and talent required to achieve goals. Here is the question that you should be asking yourself: What are you qualified to do? Why do you run your company? Why did you start your company? Why do you think you are doing what you are … Read moreWhat is your talent?
Yesterday I spoke about moulding teams and people. There is a distinction that I should have taken into consideration. Are these new and inexperienced people or are they professionals or people with a lot of experience and wins? You see the importance of this consideration is that although the goal of the company doesn’t change; … Read moreWant to inspire top teams?
Yesterday I spoke about getting people into gear. Today I want you think about how to actually do this. We are all individuals and in such we have different personalities and egos. So trying to mould people into your vision of what is right will be wrong every day of the week. You need to … Read moreDo you make them own it
You have to have a higher purpose for your people to live for. There needs to be a vision. There needs to be a purpose that your team wants to strive to achieve. This mission or purpose needs to be clear and clearly communicated. You need to galvanise those around you so that they want … Read moreWant to know how to kick people into gear?
There are 3 main components to success. The first is talent. Let’s be honest, we all want to be the best at what we do but especially in sports, you do need to have some degree of talent or skill(s). The second is knowledge – knowing how to do things, knowing what the outcomes are, … Read moreWhen can you not do more?
When you do a task – do you do it perfectly? An example – making a cup of coffee – do you just throw a spoon of instant coffee into a cup and stir or do you fire up the coffee maker (you know the one that was a gift but you never use) wait … Read moreCan you commit to being excellent?
Let them speak! Too often we silence those that have the answers. Think about an office environment. There is the extroverted, sometimes loud and rambunctious people and then the general people and last off, the introverts. What are they doing there? Do you know?Most will probably say – they are the admin people or the … Read moreDo you know how to get the genius out of people?
You have to ask someone to buy 3 times. Yip – that’s it – do not take a no and move on. However – you have to ramp it up each of the successive times. Ask for the sale – then ask again but add on that someone else may benefit from your purchase as … Read moreWant a no-fail sales strategy?
First off you need to determine the difference between a person’s belief and their intelligence. I am not suggesting that intelligent people don’t have a strong belief system nor that faithful or stern fast believers are not intelligent. I also am not referring to belief as only a religious connotation. This could include the Flat-Earthers … Read moreWant to win more arguments?