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It’s all going well , and you’ve started to get comfortable with this management business. Or perhaps it isn’t going well and you are now looking for someone to blame. Stop! Effective Managers take time to review what is going well and what could be improved going forward without assigning blame. They know that assigning [...]
Effective Managers seek to understand the motivation and skills of every individual in their team. They create teams that make the most of these individuals and create an atmosphere of mutual trust and understanding. People work faster and smarter if they feel that they are really part of a team. Although I’ve been a manager [...]
Leaders and good managers are always aware of what’s going on around them. They know what is happening outside of their organisation, within their own business and within their own team. They do this by having effective listening skills. Through good listening skills you acquire information, enabling you to identify and clarify issues, make decisions, [...]
Management can sometimes feel like a warzone as resentment grows over whether individuals really need a manager. Especially if they are experts or feel THEY should be the manager. To make matters worse, many of us derive our self worth on the basis of what we win. The trouble is that a winner means there [...]
Before I started my own consultancy business, I worked for an international IT outsourcing organisation. We took on a major project to design the adminstration system to mange free TV licenses for people over the age of 75. Now, I can’t tell you who the client was, but suffice to say, they were made up [...]
Many years ago, in a very rash state of mind, I declared that I was going to become a black belt in Karate. I wasn’t especially fit, but having been brought up on a steady diet of Bruce Lee films, I had the romantic vision of being able to defend myself against all possible physical [...]
I used to be a techie. I trained in the esoterics of software development until I could dash off the most perfect software code imaginable. My applications were works of art and in great demand. If you wanted your mini computer to go faster, I was your man (well, woman). I could even take a [...]
Poor managers mean spiralling costs, lousy performance and miserable people. Here are some of bad habits to watch out for (and what to do about them!) This isn’t you……or is it? Bad Habit #1 – Going through the motions Bad Managers aren’t very self-aware. They wait to be told what to do and how to [...]
As some of you know, I belong to Toastmasters, and often do speeches there on a variety of topics. Last night, I did a speech about ‘the effective salesperson’, which seemed to hit the spot, so hopefully, you will find it useful too. There is lots of stuff written about the key success factors in [...]
As an experienced mentor, I often get asked this question! There is a lot of confusion about coaches, mentors and consultant. This is my take.
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