Branding Our Teams – Creating a Unique Connection
If the CEO had to describe your Team in 10 words, what would he say? If your Project Sponsor speak about your Team's value-for-money, what would we hear? If the Marketing VP wants a new product developed and rolled out to market quickly, would she call on your Team to get the job done? We often talk about the importance of "branding" ourselves - of understanding how our audiences …
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Actions for Aspiring Leaders
I am really happy to present a guest post from Bill Treasurer, the Chief Encouragement Officer at Giant Leap Consulting and author of "Leaders Open Doors". I had an opportunity to read Bill's book recently and absolutely adored it. Loved it from cover to cover and am excited to help wave the flag! As a way of helping spread the good word, I am excited to offer three free iTunes (USA) downloads …
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The POTUS Pocket Guide To Leadership Decisions
No question about it, President of the USA ranks up there as possibly the toughest leadership job on Earth, now more than at any time since WW2. But 21st-century presidents face an especially daunting task. Irrespective of the incumbent's political affiliations, the hurdles are always imposing - a nation of rabid, partisan critics, a society of 300 million paymasters split between the …
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My Sister’s Cancer – A Reflection On Commitment
My beautiful sister has cancer. Impossible. Impossible. Impossible. As the news sinks in, as I feel the earth shifting under my feet, I find myself shaking my head and trying to comprehend the unimaginable. Impossible. Over this week, I've spent hours coming to terms with the news and thinking about how the future looks...I've also found myself reflecting on what she means to me and …
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Will The Looking Glass Cloud Your Communication?
As leaders, our success hangs on the effectiveness of our communication. If we can't connect to our teams or stakeholders, if we can't engage with our people and get our message through to them, then we just can't succeed. It's that simple. If our communication is going to be effective, then we need to think about the way we shape our message, because the truth is...it's different for each of us. …
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Aesop’s Project Leadership – “The Bat and The Weasels”
Welcome to another one of Aesop's wonderful fables - a challenging story about the Bat that stretches the truth in different directions to try and avoid being eaten. I confess that my young T had some real issues with this and asked me more than once, "Daddy, why is the Bat lying?" Not an easy question to answer...but once I had my light globe moment, I replied that this story is actually much …
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Tom Peters – own your response to change
I like Tom Peters’ approach – the way he emphasises empowering decision-makers and removing the oft-stifling overhead that all too often slows Business down. Peters sees change and innovation as being the constant background to success and …
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