This is a space dedicated to the real challenges of leadership.
Here, you’ll find insights on everything from leading yourself with purpose, cultivating a powerful mindset, and building strong, cohesive teams to breaking down communication barriers, becoming the CEO your company needs, and navigating the daily pressures of leadership.
This is more than just advice—it's a resource to empower you to lead with impact, resilience, and confidence.
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This lengthy period of social distancing is leading to increased feelings of anxiety, stress and even depression. Many of us are, understandably, fearful for ourselves and our loved ones getting ill, we fear losing our livelihood and we are anxious about the financial and operational implications of the virus on our businesses and our households.
Read MoreThis is a very challenging time for everyone. The challenge that organizational leaders face is maintaining confidence in and among their teams in the midst of so much uncertainty and absolutely no precedence to reference as a result of the coronavirus.
What our leaders do at this time will determine how successfully we come through this crisis and how they communicate with their people will determine the quality of the community that emerges.
Read MoreIs your team optimized for success, or is it prone to succumb to the disease of toxic undercurrents within it?
Science describes the human immune system as a network of cells and organs which come together to protect the body and help to keep an individual healthy. The wellbeing of an organization, much like the human body, also requires an internal defense system to detect, combat and find solutions for harmful pathogens that threaten to compromise its operations.
Read MoreLeaders experiencing burnout tend to become indecisive and less confident, leading to poor decisions, low morale, unwilling to engage with their team members; resulting in lower levels of engagement among employees.
If you’re feeling Frustrated, Anxious, Stressed and Tired, it means that you are on the F.A.S.T track to burnout – but you don’t have to be. The opportunity exists for you to level up your leadership and learn how to confidently set up yourself and your team for success.
Read MoreGreat leaders have mentors and mentees. As business owners, entrepreneurs or team leaders, establishing a mentoring relationship can be an effective way to further learning and boost leadership skills. Many successful leaders have had mentors during their early professional development and have in turn engaged others in mentorship. Apple tech giant Steve Jobs benefitted from mentorship from Bill Campbell in his formative years, Jobs went on to mentor Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg. Likewise, Microsoft founder, Bill Gates had Warren Buffett as a mentor and Gates went on to mentor a host of younger tech and business professionals.
Read MoreThere is no doubt that strong and effective Leaders are essential for the growth and success of any organization. It is therefore, mission critical for Leaders as well as aspiring or potential leaders to be given opportunities to develop the necessary skills to help them to effectively lead the workforce, improve the organization’s culture, increase staff engagement, and improve productivity and profitability.
Read MoreA rotting culture exists where a company is suppressive and dismissive of its employees, displays bad business practices and poor leadership. The culture of your organization, therefore, can contribute greatly to its success or failure. Leaders must be vigilant in identifying symptoms of rotting culture within their organization in order to allow a positive working environment to blossom.
Read MoreThe role of Leadership does not come with a ‘one-size fits all’ blueprint. Fortunately, with proper guidance, new Leaders can learn how to improve and expand their capacity for leadership, identify what approaches do and do not work, effectively engage with their teams and get comfortable in their roles.
Read MoreThere are three very important dynamics that support the foundation and make up the very tenets of teamwork within any group or organization; they are Coordination, Cooperation and Collaboration. If achieved, the collective mindset is transformed from simple compliance to deep commitment.
Read MoreWhat does drama in the workplace cost? It costs time, it costs productivity, it costs profits, it costs your energy, it costs you feeling a sense of purpose, it costs creativity, it costs being innovative and, ultimately, it costs your happiness. You can re-direct this negative energy by asking these key questions...
Read MoreThe success of any organization is entwined in the success of its team-members and working towards creating the kind of work environment where they are committed to engaging themselves, bringing not only their arms and legs, but their heads and hearts as well.
Read MoreEver considered why flight attendants tell us to put on our own oxygen masks first in an emergency, before we attempt to render aid to fellow passengers? It’s because you need to first take care of yourself and only then are you in a position to help someone else. The same applies in the workplace, particularly in leadership.
Read MoreMost workplaces have beautifully framed messages in the foyer area, some even go as far as placing them all over the workspace and personally, it’s always a pleasure to read them. These messages; the company’s mission, vision, purpose, creed, tagline, mantra, customer promise, etc. describe what they stand for and what the public can expect from them.
Read MoreWe are facing a crisis in the workplace where employees are showing up for work but lack team spirit, engagement and are unprepared to lift a finger without the exchange of the dollar.
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