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If you are serious about the performance of your team, it is time to help them get the sleep they need. .
Trust is the glue that holds a team together and it is the most valuable element in a brand. It is also fragile and hard to build. This book examines how trust can be built and broken in business.
This guide is so concise it can be read in a lunch hour, yet it contains valuable insights that will help you and your team to thrive.
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◀ 1 … 4 5 6 7 8 … 15 ▶This week much has been written examining the strengths and weaknesses of Margaret Thatcher’s leadership. Prior to the announcement of her death, another group of once great leaders was being described as reckless.
Margaret Thatcher, 1925 - 2013.
One of those was the chairman of HBOS Lord Stevenson. In the months prior to the banking crisis, when he was held in high regard, he gave a lecture on the subject of leadership to invited members of his business school’s alumni. …
In the early 1990’s neuroscientists at the University of Parma discovered that brain cells not only fire when we perform a given action, such as reaching for a cold drink on a hot day, they also fire when we see someone else doing that action – hence the name mirror neuron (click here for a link to the research). This is why we sometimes wince when we see another person experience pain or embarrassment.
The men vs. women debate continues...
This theory has been used to explain characteristics such as empathy, the ability to read other people’s emotions, with some research* suggesting that the female brain is better able to create mirror neurons and therefore better equipped to anticipate the moods and feelings of others. The men vs women debate continues……..
Journalists are among the least trusted of all professions, yet there’s still a thing or two they can teach managers.
Follow our 15 tips from journalists on asking questions and becoming a better manager
To manage effectively we need to have good insight. A primary source for insight is those around us, not just our own team but our peers, customers and those that lead us. …
As we begin another new year with good intentions to break bad habits, let’s take a moment to consider what small behaviours could make a big difference in our role as leaders.
The New Year is the perfect time to break away from those bad habits and behaviours...
Hopefully many of these already form part of your day to day routine, but which are missing?…
A recent issue of Fortune magazine focuses on the secrets of greatness: Teamwork. It offers insights into teams past like Apple Computer’s Macintosh team and teams of Marines in Iraq…
The methods and tools involved in LEAN Six Sigma are easy.
…It also argues that “most of what you’ve read about teamwork is bunk.” While you can’t just demand teamwork, there are some simple lessons….
There’s little doubt that praise is a powerful motivating force – we all feel uplifted when our efforts are recognised – and management has moved on from 19th century command and control to an era of recognise and reward.
Not always the best way to praise someone.
Equally important, though rarely used effectively, is the reprimand. Just as we need to catch people doing things right we also need to help people to identify where they are going wrong and to take steps to improve. …
Having successfully won the election for a second and final term Barack Obama has just four years to deliver his vision, the re-election distraction now thankfully behind him.
In 2016 journalists will look back on his eight years in the top job and reflect on his style, character and skin colour, while historians will assess the impact his leadership has had on the world’s most prominent nation….
The TV star and illusionist has been back on our screens with an extravagant two part show entitled Apocalypse.
Does it really take an apocalypse to turn a person into a good leader?
In the show Derren takes a young man who apparently doesn’t appreciate his life and family and attempts to teach him a lesson. Brown’s goal is to get Stephen Brosnan to take responsibility for his life and to see how he handles himself under pressure and when put into a position of leadership….
In Leadership Styles Parts 1 and 2 we looked at how great leaders differ In their style, and how it’s important to match leaders with the tasks and conditions they are best suited to. In this final part of the series we look at the strengths and limitations of the four remaining leadership styles.
Do you think Yoda was a Motivating leader or a Coaching leader?
Directing Leader
Once the vision is established and the strategy agreed, it will be the directional leader who takes key decisions with confidence and certainty, guiding the team day to day and keeping them on track. …
This Christmas children will be pleading for the latest toy and many families will dust off their Monopoly sets and rediscover the simple joy of playing a game together. But should we limit our game playing to childhood and holidays, or can play help us in our work, our thinking and our leadership?
Could playing more games be key to better management?
Attitudes to play are changing and the once ridiculed video game industry is now recognised as a valuable contributor to the economy and culture. …
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