I wrote this blog during both mental health awareness week and learning at work week and it got me thinking that in the realm of leadership development, one often overlooked but essential factor in developing as a leader is developing our mental health and wellbeing alongside our leadership skills. Understanding the role good mental health…
Effective communication is the backbone of any thriving business. Without it, you’re just asking for a heap of trouble. Communication is fundamental to building trust and relationships and building motivated and engaged teams who will go over and beyond to deliver exceptional results. It can be argued that the lack of effective communication causes more…
Having strong views and opinions as a business owner is often seen as a valued and positive trait. It demonstrates conviction and confidence in your values and opinions and aids decision making. It is about being Certain. Equally, being able to seek the views and opinions of others, to consult and include is also seen a…
What is Succession planning? How often has someone handed their notice in and it has surprised you leaving a huge hole and a big impact? Or maybe you knew they might be leaving at some point in the future but didn’t really believe it would happen ……so had no contingency? Maybe you want to step…
In a small business, the role of the leader is especially critical, as they often hold multiple roles and wear several different hats often swapping these hats many times over the course of a day, ….as well as being responsible for making important decisions that can have a significant impact on the business. They will be…
What is a difficult conversation? Effective communication is at the core of all great businesses. It is fundamental to building trust and relationships and building motivated and engaged teams who will go over and beyond to deliver exceptional results. It can be argued that the lack of effective communication causes more problems in business, and…
What are the Leadership Competencies? Reflect on this for a moment: How do you currently measure your leader behaviours? – Do you even? How do you genuinely know if someone is performing well behaviourally? How much are you leaving to your gut feel? Are you putting off having difficult conversations about under behavioural performance because…
What do we mean by engagement? Engagement is a concept that describes how employees feel towards the work they do, their colleagues / teams, and their business. So a feeling or psychological state which is based on their perceptions. Engagement is not the same as happy! Happiness and satisfaction can come and go in the moment. You…
Absolutely! Whether you are a leader in an organisation, or a business owner, you hopefully already have business goals and objectives laid out as part of helping you deliver your role in the business. (this article explains why this is important ) However, the reality is that there are many different types of goals that apply…
Once you have been appointed to your new (or first )leadership role or perhaps have taken over your role as business owner with a team, it can a take a little while to settle in to a new day to day routine and to get to know what your “job” actually is. It might feel like you…
