Yesterday I spoke about communicating versus connecting. I left out the one point about doing this with your internal circle too. This is not specifically about the family unit (which I hope you connect with already) but your team. Working remotely over the last 2 years we may have lost touch with our team. We … Read moreAre you using the skills of those around you?
We have all done it. Said or reacted to something prematurely or without proper consideration. Where the situation can often be funny and something that you can chuckle about forever after there are times when this is unfortunately not the case. The challenge in this modern world is that so many things that the older … Read moreToo fast off the mark?
We all know the person that is always calm under pressure. That guy or girl who has their stuff together when everything is melting around them. Do you panic or bear down? Panic is the fight or flight mode – not good.Bear down – everything shuts down. These are not good leadership qualities. I have … Read moreCan you stay cool under pressure?
Ever see someone doing something you know they are not supposed to be doing, yet they seem really comfortable and unconcerned about being caught doing it? There is one of two reasons for this: They don’t give a damn or They got permission. Yet – it seems like something that should not be allowed. An … Read moreDo you know how to ask questions?
Carrying on from yesterday, identify opportunities to grow and then allocating groups of your team to learn and tackle these as a team. If you have or know someone that has, studied an MBA, one of the components is working together with other students on a project to deliver it towards your marks. So why … Read moreCan you grow collaboratively?
Let’s just quickly point out that work is work, not fun. This is where you go to earn a living, the earnings is what you spend on having fun. But, not to be a killjoy – there is no reason why you can’t have some fun while working. The secret though is to make it … Read moreWant to make work more fun?
4 day work week and 3 days off. Yes said every employee, but what about the employers? Let’s look at why this could be a good thing. If it came with strings attached ie – super focused and delivery centric when it comes to outputs in return for the extra day to relax. It’s no … Read moreDoes a 4:3 make sense?
I have been talking about goals and steps to plan to achieve them. This is a good thing. However, sometimes opportunities are just there! The message is not to be so focussed on achieving the goal that you have set but to ensure you still have some bandwidth to be able to gauge what else … Read moreSometimes expectations grow in the most unexpected place
Make it or fake it! Probably the worst advice you could have ever have received. I have often “winged” a presentation – the difference though, is that I knew what I was talking about, I wasn’t faking anything except the over-confidence or the fact that i was prepared. Once you can learn the difference between … Read moreAre you getting the wrong advice?
We all have a powerful inner self. We have the ability to do incredible things when put into extraordinary circumstances. It’s amazing what we can do when it is a life or death situation. If you can learn to harness this inner super power you will be able to do incredible things. How many times … Read moreWhen it counts