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is it time to change?
Have you noticed the number of advertisements for weight loss, fitness, health products and special offers to change your life? At the start of every new year, organisations take advantage of the underlying desire for people to change – and their struggle to do so on their own. The ‘magic’ product, program or approach that […]
Who is your coach?
When I chat with people at all levels of business, I hear recurring themes of people being ‘stuck’ – facing into repetitive and complex problems with no obvious solution path (to them) to get unstuck. It is no coincidence that top performers in high stress sports use coaches. Even the best in the world rely […]
Teamwork, or team performance?
Does your team ‘work’? Often people get together in meeting or teams and work, rather than generating true performance. Sometimes meetings are called or teams ‘huddle’ for no other reason than it is in their schedules to do so. At other times, the wrong people are in the room, doing the wrong things and making […]
Leaders control the ‘frame’ to control the ‘game’
In a recent series of leadership development workshops, a phrase that I used had real resonance with many participants: “The person that controls the frame, controls the game”. In context this is a “Philism” (as one participant called my turns of phrase) that captures a core leadership quality in a single statement. The idea is […]
Great Leaders ask great questions (part 3)
Great Leaders ask great questions (part 3) This is the third of 3 posts that focus on the value of questions in being a great leader. In the last of the series, we explore the value of applying great questions in leadership context. Find part 1 and part 2 of the series. Questions are only […]
Great leaders ask great questions (part 2)
Great Leaders ask great questions (part 2) This is the second of 3 posts that focus on the value of questions in being a great leader. In the second of the series, we dig deeper into how and when to ask great questions to empower your leadership. Once we have created the context and understand […]