Leaders define the culture in their organisations and if, as Leaders, we don’t show confidence in our people, then this is the culture that we will create. A culture where there is ... Read More
As a Leader, the type of environment I try to create is one where my staff feel accountable for success and they know that I feel accountable for their failure. This is ... Read More
If your team is not functioning well, not performing and you want to know where the problem lies, then get a mirror and the person responsible will usually be looking back at ... Read More
Empowerment leads to increased accountability and increased accountability leads to a higher probability of success. When we delegate tasks to our staff, they do not automatically assume that they are empowered to ... Read More
I am firm believer that the expectations we have of our teams, or individuals, has a significant impact on the potential outcome. When we expect people to fail, we have taken the ... Read More
Over the years I have led and managed teams locally in the UK, Belgium, France, Holland, Czech Republic, USA and Germany, as well as remotely leading teams in India, Egypt, Austria, Malaysia, ... Read More
Good to Great by Jim Collins is one of the best books on business and leadership that I have ever read and I recommend it to all my teams to read, it ... Read More
In many of the companies I have worked for, they believe that you shouldn’t praise people for just doing their job, because that’s what they are paid to do. I just cannot ... Read More
More often than not when teams have had poor results or have failed to deliver it’s usually it was because they were focused on the wrong things. It was never due to ... Read More
I honestly believe that no one comes to work looking to do a bad job. Everyone wants to be successful, everyone wants to go home at the end of the day feeling ... Read More
These are some of my fundamental beliefs which help shape the way I lead and manage people. They form the basis for my leadership philosophy. I will go into more details on ... Read More
I wanted to start my blog with my first experience of leadership and the impact it had on me, my beliefs and the start of the definition of my own leadership philosophy ... Read More
