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Why It’s Important to Change Yourself Before Changing Others

When it comes to manifesting your desires, you have to truly want them first. You cannot expect any of them to happen if you do not fervently wish for them to begin with. This applies to a lot of things, from your career goals to your personal relationships. Indeed, if you want to make a…

How Your Choices Impact Members of Your Team

For those with management or leadership roles, there may be times when tough decisions have to be made. You may encounter situations where you have to decide on which team member to promote or what perhaps what to do with company funds. These kinds of scenarios require critical thinking and your undivided attention, as they…

4 Ways to Determine What Type of Leader You Are

Knowing what type of leader you are isn’t just deeply illuminating on a personal level. In the workplace, having a keen understanding of how you lead others can determine if the methods you employ are effective, impactful, and beneficial to your team and your organisation as a whole. Knowing your leadership style can also tell…

How Trust Impacts a Leader

As a leader you need to demonstrate that you’re capable and dependable. Setting and respecting boundaries, following through on your promises and being consistent, are key qualities that people look for in their leader. It is these qualities that help you gain your employees’ trust, which is essential to building a solid relationship with your…

How to Become a Great Leader by Mastering Your Emotions

It’s no secret that workplaces can be incredibly stressful environments. No one experiences the pressure more acutely than leaders and managers, though. Whatever a workplace’s field or industry, it’s the leaders in them who are most often subjected to additional demands on their attention, focus, and time. All of these can and do take their…

8 Hallmark Traits of Truly Successful Leaders

Leadership styles can vary from person to person. And while these can be vital components to what makes for great leaders, it is how they comport themselves in the position that separates good leaders from truly excellent ones. In most cases, these kinds of traits come to the fore during crises. They are also the…

Don’t manage performance, support it.

I hate the way performance management is used. Supporting your team member to be at their best is not about management. I prefer performance support or check-ins which live and die by the quality of the dialogue. Here are 8 tips to support great performance support discussions. Establish a positive relationship Great performance support starts before the…

Making tough decisions: A habit worth practicing

One of the biggest roadblocks for many business leaders is making decisions and taking action. Making decisions can be difficult, fear of judgement or failure can be a strong motivator for indecisiveness. It can paralyse the best of us. Indecisiveness is really us choosing the possibility that something might be a wrong decision over the…

The Pink Elephant: Deciding not to Decide.

Working with a client who wanted to sell his business and start living a different life, he and his wife were excited to travel more, have more freedom and spend more time with their first grandchild. The great news is he found a buyer, the bad news is he didn't do the deal. Why? He…

5 ways to reclaim your time today

Your time is limited, use it wisely. Here are 5 easy ways you can reclaim your time and make the most of what you have. First Five Minutes STOP - do not open your email it's a sure way to get caught in the proverbial rabbit hole before the day has even got going. Take…

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