“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” - John Quincy Adams
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 …
When I was young my parents would always say – you are so clever, you are so smart etc. Whilst I felt it was encouraging it made me feel like I could not fail. In fact, I was afraid of failure. I was afraid that if I tripped up and made a mistake that my identity of being smart or …
If you are a manager, you are looking to manage and deliver a project to completion. That project has people who are involved in doing the work. Those people will rely on you, their manager, to direct them and show them the way and in a lot of cases, their success in the team and organisation will depend on you. …
I truly believe humility is core to being an effective leader. In being humble you can be more effective at empowerment, pursuing and creating success in those around you and adapting to the changing world, people, organisations and projects. Of course, you will need more than humility to be effective but it is at the heart of leadership. I have …
Creativity is: “The use of imagination or original ideas to create something; inventiveness.” – Oxford Dictionary Creativity is always something I have felt drawn to. I have always sought out creative opportunities and chances for me to innovate. I have written poetry, rapped (coming 3rd in a national competition), written songs for guitar, built android games and apps, tried to …
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 …
You may have seen my recent video answering the question in a short 2-minute clip, however, I felt that this couldn’t really do justice to this particular topic – hence this blog post. A leader will never be the complete package Leadership is something that can be learned and honed over time. It is a journey in which you are constantly …
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 or manager, you will be leading regular meetings with clients, your team and organisation. Meetings are a part of everyday life for most people and can take up a lot of your time. If that is the case, you need to make sure you are running meetings as effective as possible. Meetings are about a coming together …
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 …
