Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay As a leader, you and your team work IN your business each and every day; how often do you work ON your business? By that I mean, how often do you, and your team, reflect on and seek feedback on whether you are adding value to all of your… Read more »
Image credit: nicoletaionescu Stock Image and Video Portfolio – iStock (istockphoto.com) You know that feeling when a valued team member asks for a meeting with you and starts by letting you know they are handing in their notice? That’s a feeling you don’t want to repeat too often. What can you do in the way… Read more »
Image by Joshua Woroniecki from Pixabay Do you have a good sense of your leadership purpose? If you are not sure what I mean and want to see your leadership career progress, there is a good reason to read on. According to Korn Ferry, leaders with a clear purpose not only reach more challenging roles… Read more »
Are you a senior leader who recognises that they need to be more strategic? I’ve recently worked with 3 senior leaders who had this development focus – one as a senior consultant in the NHS, one in a global role in FMCG, and one as a senior director in investment services. They all had two… Read more »
Leadership can be both rewarding and demanding in equal measure. In good organisations, as a leader you get support through development to enable you to do it well. Often that development focuses on how to lead from an intellectual perspective for example perhaps with an enterprise mindset, or to be strategic in perspective – if… Read more »
Are you a team leader who is finding you are having to adapt your leadership and management for a ‘new normal’? Last month I addressed some tips for team members in adapting to the ‘new normal’. What’s it been like for team leaders?
My father has been ill with Parkinson’s for a little while and sadly passed away at the beginning of this month. My world has changed in a way which is hard to describe. I’m taking the opportunity to use this month’s blog to reflect on the lessons I’ve learned from him about leadership, love and… Read more »
This Sunday, in the UK, it is Mother’s Day; a day when we celebrate our Mums – who they are or who they were. This year, I want to also celebrate how my Mum has influenced who I am as a leader .. in the past as demonstrated, I hope, in my Corporate Career, and… Read more »
I’ve recently been fortunate to enjoy a holiday on the coast. As I was walking on the beach at low tide, one day I noticed the variety of footprints (and pawprints) forming patterns and tracing the paths that people had taken earlier that day. I started to consider the word footprint and recognised that reflecting… Read more »
Have you been in your current role for a few years, grown in role, and feel that you are ready for the next step? Are you wondering why it hasn’t happened yet? How actively are you setting yourself up for future career success? If your answers to the above are ‘Yes’, ‘yes’ and ‘what does… Read more »
