Trust impacts the bottom line
Sarah was frustrated. She had noticed that her team members often seemed dismissive about the importance of her work. Why are they not interested in my work? Does what I do not matter? Sarah felt angry, defensive and helpless, which made things even worse. Subsequently she didn’t want to work with them and started to avoid them, which impacted communication and team spirit even further. The disconnect between her and most of her...
It’s all about your stakeholders
Ultimately, stakeholder management is what running an organisation is all about. Effective stakeholder management helps you do a better job, both in the short and long term. So what are stakeholders? Well, anyone who has a stake in what you do, is a stakeholder. Anyone whom you are dependent on to be successful and anyone who is dependent on (or impacted by) what you do. This means that your stakeholders could be: Manager(s)CEODirect...
Want to build great relationships? Then start by assuming positive intent
Everyone is different. Everyone is their own unique person. Just because they don’t think or feel like you, that doesn’t mean that they are wrong. People typically do the best they can. Rarely do people intentionally set out to annoy others or create conflict. If somebody says or does something that makes you feel tension, take a step back and look as objectively as possible on the situation. Assume that they have positive intent. If...
Book Award for The Leader’s Guide to Impact
We are very excited and proud to share that our third book "The Leader's Guide to Impact" has been honoured as a Book Excellence Awards Finalist in the Leadership category. These Awards honour books that have high quality design, writing and market appeal. Our purpose with writing leadership books is to support leaders around the world in making the most of their unique leadership style - and that's why this award is so important...
Let’s embrace the certainty of never-ending Change
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. John F. Kennedy Do you ever wish things could remain the same for a while? Do you feel like there’s too much change? Do you wish it could just slow down, even if just for a while? To give you a chance to catch up? Yes, we probably all have those wishes at times. Change is all around us though, it’s our constant companion – and for...
