“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” - John Quincy Adams
Last week I went away to Edinburgh for the very first time. What a beautiful city. I loved the views, everywhere you look around you can see hills. There are no hideous skyscrapers, just old style, beautiful buildings. It’s definitely one of my favourite cities. In fact, it’s probably the only UK city I would strongly consider living in!
Intro – what is this and why? I strongly believe that to improve as a leader or at anything in this life you need to reflect on yourself. You need to be willing to dig up those failures and put them up on a wall to analyse what you did wrong, why you did it and what you could do …
As a leader, you may have to build several goals throughout any given year. You could set organisational goals, programme goals, project goals, team goals, personal goals and the dreaded New Years goals. Goals can be financial, health-related, morale related, quality related – you name it. Now, be honest, how many of those goals have you hit? Do you even …
Intro – what is this and why? I strongly believe that to improve as a leader or at anything in this life you need to reflect on yourself. You need to be willing to dig up those failures and put them up on a wall to analyse what you did wrong, why you did it and what you could do …
In order to do, you must be A few weeks ago I heard an inspiring interview with Tim Ferris and Terry Crews. I am a huge Terry Crews fan. Great guy. Turns out Terry Crews has a lot of wisdom to offer. The interview gets really deep and Terry talks about his motivations and how he has pushed through life …
Intro – what is this and why? I strongly believe that to improve as a leader or at anything in this life you need to reflect on yourself. You need to be willing to dig up those failures and put them up on a wall to analyse what you did wrong, why you did it and what you could do …
Emotional intelligence is probably one of the most important aspects of being an effective leader. It is all about understanding yourself, managing your emotions, understanding how your actions may affect others and what emotional impact these actions may have. Why bother? Being an emotionally intelligent leader means you are caring for individuals and are able to create a positive mental …
Definitions Today I am going to delve into two different leadership styles, transactional leadership and transformational leadership. We will have a look at what they are, how to employ them, what their pros and cons are and I will evaluate them against my own experience. Transactional leadership is about an exchange of reward for effort and compliance between team leaders …
As a consultant and project manager communication is at the heart of everything I do, whether it is delivering a presentation to clients, conflict resolution, assigning tasks and responsibilities or just the daily interactions I have with colleagues. Understanding how to build rapport with people is one of the most important tools I carry in life and I hope that …
Overview When you are managing a project you are managing a team; you are managing people (until we start managing robots and AI’s!). People are fragile beings that have a performance gauge, which you as the Project Manager can directly influence. Your attitude and actions can allow your team to perform exceptionally well or exceptionally poorly or anywhere in-between. If …
