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Growing up or as parents did you ever meet the “why kid”? The kid that always responds to someone’s answer with a “why?”. It can drive people to madness. I was, and still am that “why kid” and it is still causing me trouble today! However, the reason I am always asking why is that I am obsessed with being …
We hear a lot about trust-based cultures these days and I believe many feel that trust is a social virtue that is nice to have in an organisation because it makes people feel all warm and fuzzy inside. That is definitely not the case. Trust plays a significant role in how employees feel, how they perform and how a company …
Recently I have made the decision to walk away from a role that I asked for. Getting the role and using it as a platform to learn and develop myself was something that I had established as a goal – I wanted it and I jumped in with both feet. It wasn’t an easy role either, I had to step …
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. …
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 …
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 As humans we will always make mistakes and will always fail someone or fail at trying to achieve something, to think of this as something that will never impact you is foolish – and I’m sure most of you have already experienced this to some extent. What I have come to accept is that I will never be the …
