• Gordontredgold
• Oct 1st, 2012

My mentor used to tell me management is not a popularity contest, as sometimes we have to make tough...

• Gordontredgold
• Sep 30th, 2012

Recognition is a powerful motivator. It costs us nothing and has a tremendous impact on morale, eng...

• Gordontredgold
• Sep 28th, 2012

Having just spent one week in Asia and another in the North America visiting the regional teams, I...

• Gordontredgold
• Sep 24th, 2012

Putting things off until tomorrow is a potential first step on the road to failure. We should loo...

• Gordontredgold
• Sep 22nd, 2012

In business, one of the key metrics is Return on Investment, or ROI as its more commonly called. ...

• Gordontredgold
• Sep 21st, 2012

Like many, I try to operate an Open Door policy. Someone once asked me if it was successful, I sa...

• Gordontredgold
• Sep 20th, 2012

When we are looking at transforming an organization into a high performing organization, not all of ...

• Gordontredgold
• Sep 17th, 2012

If you want to create a high performance culture, then it needs accurate performance measurements....

• Gordontredgold
• Sep 15th, 2012

As I sit here watching the New Zealand All Blacks play the South African Springboks, I am reminded o...

• Gordontredgold
• Sep 15th, 2012

Aptitude is the about having the ability, talent or competency to do a particular task or job. Atti...

• Gordontredgold
• Sep 14th, 2012

There is a saying “Faster, Better, Cheaper pick any two!” The implication being that it’s n...

• Gordontredgold
• Sep 14th, 2012

AIM: Aspiration; Inspiration; and Motivation. These are three key elements we need to fire up in ord...

• Gordontredgold
• Sep 13th, 2012

Well, my wife read yesterday’s blog and said I needed to practice some of these leadership princip...

• Gordontredgold
• Sep 12th, 2012

The are so many reasons why it’s important for us to define what Success looks like: If you don�...

• Gordontredgold
• Sep 11th, 2012

It’s often thought that complex problems require complex solutions, but this is not strictly true....

• Gordontredgold
• Sep 9th, 2012

In many organizations we spend a significant amount of time reviewing the organisational structure, ...

• Gordontredgold
• Sep 9th, 2012

If you can create Win-Win situations in all areas, there is no limit to the success that can be achi...

• Gordontredgold
• Sep 8th, 2012

Leaders often talk about the importance of motivating people. However, in many instances where the ...

• Gordontredgold
• Sep 8th, 2012

As a leader one of my key responsibilities is: to develop the people who work with me; to push them ...

• Gordontredgold
• Sep 7th, 2012

Leaders define the culture in their organisations and if, as Leaders, we don’t show confidence in ...

• Gordontredgold
• Sep 6th, 2012

As a Leader, the type of environment I try to create is one where my staff feel accountable for succ...

• Gordontredgold
• Sep 4th, 2012

If your team is not functioning well, not performing and you want to know where the problem lies, th...

• Gordontredgold
• Sep 4th, 2012

Empowerment leads to increased accountability and increased accountability leads to a higher probabi...

• Gordontredgold
• Sep 2nd, 2012

I am firm believer that the expectations we have of our teams, or individuals, has a significant imp...

• Gordontredgold
• Sep 1st, 2012

Over the years I have led and managed teams locally in the UK, Belgium, France, Holland, Czech Repub...

• Gordontredgold
• Aug 31st, 2012

Good to Great by Jim Collins is one of the best books on business and leadership that I have ever re...

• Gordontredgold
• Aug 29th, 2012

In many of the companies I have worked for, they believe that you shouldn’t praise people for ju...

• Gordontredgold
• Aug 27th, 2012

More often than not when teams have had poor results or have failed to deliver it’s usually it w...

• Gordontredgold
• Aug 26th, 2012

I honestly believe that no one comes to work looking to do a bad job. Everyone wants to be success...

• Gordontredgold
• Aug 25th, 2012

These are some of my fundamental beliefs which help shape the way I lead and manage people. They f...