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CEO’s In The Know: Informed CEO’s Are More Effective Leaders

Posted in: Want to take your leadership to the next level? | Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

CEO’s need to remain close to and be aware of the mood, opinions and needs of all their key stakeholder groups such as clients, staff, the board and suppliers. Yet many become isolated and a gulf is created between their understanding and the perceptions of some stakeholders. What they need is honest opinion, honest challenge and honest feedback.

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Addressing Under Performance With Leaders

Posted in: Want to take your leadership to the next level?, Leading During Change or Transition | Monday, July 4th, 2011

Organisational structure is driven by individual and team performance. Where that performance is below par it needs to be addressed and not tolerated as it will invariably have a wider negative impact on the business both externally and internally.

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Leadership or Executive Coaching: Who Needs It?

Posted in: Want to take your leadership to the next level?, Becoming a Better Leader Through Executive Development, Executive Coaching | Monday, January 17th, 2011

Utilising a leadership coach is not an indication that you are an under performer. In sports athletes and teams recognise the value of a good coach for development of technique, strategy, mental application and focus. What benefits do they and thousands of other successful people get from a good coaching relationship?

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How to Choose a Business Coach: Three Critical Factors

Posted in: Want to take your leadership to the next level?, Becoming a Better Leader Through Executive Development, Executive Coaching | Monday, January 10th, 2011

Before starting the process of choosing a business coach you need to honestly examine your own personal readiness to be coached. If you’re not ready to learn, grow and take action, business coaching may not be successful.

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Behavioural Change and Business Success – A Process

Posted in: Want to take your leadership to the next level?, Developing Leadership Influence, Executive Coaching | Monday, December 6th, 2010

The process for influencing new behaviour is important in delivering significant new results. Irrespective of whether the new results are being sought by an individual, a leadership team, or across a whole business, the following process encourages the behaviour change required to deliver those results.

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Behavioural Change and Business Success

Posted in: Want to take your leadership to the next level?, Building Emotional Intelligence EQ | Monday, November 29th, 2010

When new results are being sought in the business world we often hear terms like ‘organisational development’, ‘team dynamics’ and ‘culture change’ being identified as areas requiring attention. And when you distil it right down, significant new results come off the back of new individual, team or organisation-wide behaviours.

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Flexible Use of Leadership Styles

Posted in: Want to take your leadership to the next level?, Trusted Sounding Board | Monday, November 1st, 2010

The most effective leaders are those who can flexibly use a range of leadership styles when appropriate. Effective leaders are aware that when dealing with different types of people and situations, using only their dominant style may not always get the best results.

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Are You Getting Effective Feedback on Your Leadership Performance?

Posted in: Want to take your leadership to the next level?, Trusted Sounding Board | Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

Research shows that self-awareness from a leader is a key factor in their success. Obtaining honest feedback on your own leadership performance is critical to developing this self-awareness, but obtaining that feedback can be a challenge for leaders and those reporting to them.

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Leadership Coaching and Self Awareness – A Matter of Perspective

Posted in: Want to take your leadership to the next level?, Building Emotional Intelligence EQ | Monday, September 13th, 2010

For many of our leadership coaching clients, gaining other perspectives is a key outcome of the coaching process and adds significantly to their self-awareness. Executives may not have self-awareness of the baggage, emotions, fears, risks, and consequences they bring to the decision making process. Exploring different perspectives on an issue can help find win-win solutions.

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Feedback on Leadership Performance – A Critical Success Factor

Posted in: Want to take your leadership to the next level?, Building Emotional Intelligence EQ | Monday, August 23rd, 2010

Obtaining effective leadership feedback can be a challenge for leaders and those reporting to them, but is critical to the success of the executive and their organisation.

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