Motivating people: find out what makes them tick

Motivating people: find out what makes them tick

If you want to be better at motivating people, you need to first learn what makes them tick! It’s that simple. You can’t apply motivational techniques as if they are a recipe for cooking stew. Besides, even when you cook stew, you often deviate from the recipe....
Using Storytelling to Bring Your Mission to Life

Using Storytelling to Bring Your Mission to Life

Your purpose is the thing that makes you get up in the morning. It’s what drives you, what inspires you to work hard, and what helps you choose between good and bad ideas. It’s also something most people can’t see on their own — but it doesn’t...
Uncovering the Hidden Causes of Under-Performance: A Step-by-Step Guide

Uncovering the Hidden Causes of Under-Performance: A Step-by-Step Guide

Like most leaders, performance will be constantly at the forefront of your thinking. You know that people in your team can do better, but you’re struggling to find the recipe for success. The first step to solving the performance puzzle is to ask yourself: “what am I...
Being a Leader is a Full Time Job!

Being a Leader is a Full Time Job!

Being a leader isn’t something you take on and off like a coat. Leadership skills and operating from a leadership perspective is something leaders do on and off duty. That’s because the skill sets that make a great leader also make great spouses, parents, volunteers...
Changing The Way Things Are Done Around Here

Changing The Way Things Are Done Around Here

Like people, organisations are creatures of habit with their own personalities and customs. Often the way things are done around here is so set in stone that it stops the company from changing and moving forward as it has to. The pace of work is relentless...