Your Leadership style will be entirely your own. Culturally we probably carry unconscious bias about how a “leadership” will look, behave and ‘be’. As my husband says; “assumption is the mother of all fxxk ups!” and, I am inclined to agree. “Don’t you ever believe that you cannot lead because no organisation has given you […]
If leadership is possible at all levels of an organisation and in all ways then a leadership coach must be the one who works to emphasise the existing strengths I see one of the roles of leadership coach as enabling business leaders to realign themselves with the original values you set out with. “If power […]
Who is the best person to provide you with leadership development training? Well, the good news is that it’s you of course! It’s tricky to do, but, it is one of the best decisions you will ever make for your business, yourself and indeed your life. Leadership Development Training. Leadership development training can teach you […]
Leadership Development Coach: A Curious Coach Two leadership facets have importance over everything else: Firstly your development will benefit from a really curious coach. A coach who will ask the awkward questions. A good coach does not need to originate from your industry sector or business, but, a good coach really does need to want to understand […]
Leadership Development Programme: It is my opinion the many a leadership development programme lacks subtlety. the very words ‘Leadership’ and ‘Subtlety’ are not often found in the same sentence. That leadership and subtlety are viewed as mutually exclusive appears to be a big problem when it comes to leadership in action. Nuanced Leadership Here’s a […]
Leadership Development with Rebecca Hartnell My Leadership Development mentor tells me there are as many different leadership styles as there are different leaders. When leadership development is done well, this is exactly how it should be! Leadership development is about recognising the gifts that each and every person brings to the crucible. We all have […]
This is what Huffington Post has to say about Leadership coaching. What i take for these words is this: To be astute about others you need to be astute about yourself. It’s as simple as that. You cannot motivate others if you don’t know what drives you. You cannot lead others until you yourself know what you […]
Definitions of leadership vary greatly. This is the simplest of leadership definition that provided me with great clarity “You manage things; you lead people. —Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper This serves to clarify the difference between leadership and management. Whilst management might well be managing things through people, it is still concerned with the managing of […]
Here’s an explanation of Leadership Styles from Wise Toast, and, If I were to pitch for one, I would cite: “4. Transformational Leadership Unlike other leadership styles, transformational leadership is all about initiating change in organizations, groups, oneself and others. Transformational leaders motivate others to do more than they originally intended and often even more […]
Leadership Skills: Here’s a link to ‘the top ten leadership skills. What intrigues me is that these skills are STILL referred to as ‘soft skills’. It’s like we need hard skills in most work environments these days?! Yep, on a building site, sure, we will need to get deep-down-and-dirty in order to get stuff done. On a […]