One of the trickiest things for leaders – especially new leaders – can be navigating workplace relationships. It’s especially tough for people who are promoted into leadership roles within the same team. A question I’m so often asked around this is: “Can I be friends with the people I lead?” The tough love response to […]
Tag Archives: leadership development
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Jan
Jan
Leadership is about making decisions—big and small—that guide people, teams, organisations, and communities. But how can we, as leaders, be sure we’re making the right decisions? Short answer to that question – we can’t! But we can make sure we are making decisions that we can live with. Data, strategies, and instincts all play critical […]
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Nov
Nov
Leadership encompasses three broad groups of competencies (specific knowledge/skills sets): ♥ Leading yourself ♦ Leading others ♠ Leading the organisation Leadership development often hones in on one or two of these competency groupings, but regularly fails to address all three. You can set your own leadership up on solid foundations with an intentional focus […]
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Oct
Oct
You’re ambitious and you’re talented and suddenly find yourself having to lead a team of people who are not only older than you, but far more experienced. How to take charge in a way that doesn’t come across as apologetic, uncertain or worse – arrogant? The first thing to realise is that your age is […]
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Jun
Jun
When I was at secondary school, I remember consciously thinking that I didn’t want to try too hard in case I bumped up against the edges of my potential. The thought of knowing where those boundaries were was more awful than any rewards that may have come with going ‘all in’ on my studies. It’s […]
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Apr
Apr
Self-awareness or self-knowledge is, to my thinking, the bedrock of effective leadership. Knowing your own strengths, weaknesses, values and motivations is essential if you want to be able to lead others with clarity and authenticity. Knowing yourself means you can make decisions that are aligned with your personal beliefs and goals. You can communicate more […]
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Apr
Apr
LinkedIn profile checklist for leaders General: Have you claimed your custom URL? Is your contact filled out with website and other socials connected? If you have a company page, did you include the link as one of your URLs? Did you add your name pronunciation? If you are a service provider, did you add a […]