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Lead your team to high performance – New Video Course!
Leading a high performing team is a great catch phrase, but perhaps remains a dream for most managers. So how do you actually do it? What steps should you take to get there? How can you engineer a successful team? Check out our new video course here, that will support...
Why is communication hard?
The mechanics of communication is simple (messages are sent and received). Throw in personality, emotion, ego, stress, busy-ness, communication styles, and a host of other factors, and communication is suddenly complex and difficult. Knowing how to...
Getting it right first time – reducing rework
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLq_m0WMvsU Imagine: You have given a task to one of your team members – “John, Can you please complete this report by 5pm on Friday”. 5pm Friday rolls around and John delivers to you a 20-page report. Your face becomes downcast...
How do you deal with the quiet person in the meeting?
Have you ever had someone in your team that is painfully quiet in meetings? A person who never contributes? People like this can be perceived as not interested in the meeting, or worse, a poor performer, someone who is not capable of contributing. Often, the truth is...
Having Difficult Conversations – the SBI Model
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ppuMGR4zog Doesn’t it frustrate you when people continually come to meetings late?! Even if it is 15 minutes, there are consequences for everyone involved. You will need to go through material again that has already been covered, or if...
Having Difficult Conversations – Don’t tell, ask questions
“You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.” –Naguib Mahfouz (Nobel Prize Winner) Giving feedback can be difficult, and people don’t like to give it, let alone receive it! Providing feedback through...
What are your leadership goals for 2016?
What's new for 2016? It is on everyone's mind. It's on mine, and I am sure it is on yours. We wonder what this year is going to be like. We think about the potential. For the most part, they are positive thoughts. It really is a unique time of year when many people's...
Building a High Performing Team – Part 2 (Sharing the Vision)
Death by a thousand paper cuts - the ultimate result if you drip feed your vision to your new team, instead of being open and honest about the changes that will impact them. When you start as a new manager, the first question that your team will ask (and if they...
Building a high performing team – part 1
Starting a job as a manager for the first time rates pretty high on the list of workplace challenges. It is difficult enough if you are stepping into that role, and into a new company for the first time, but I think stepping up within the same company is even more...
Harness the Power of Great Questions
Evening Workshop and Networking Coming up on the 22nd July in Chatswood - learn about the power of great questions and how they can impact your business. Come and network with other business owners. Book your place at the link below......