You are unique!
From WeAreTheCity’s Future Leader’s blog If someone asks us a question or asks for our advice, it is amazing how many times we feel that we have to know the answer. Yet sometimes the opposite is true. The most effective and successful people will not always just give you the answer but will instead ask you really good, smart questions to help you find the answer yourself. When you are given the answer by someone you...
It’s OK to have an attitude
From WeTheCity’s Future Leaders blog Your attitude matters. In life, at work, in leadership. Attitude, perspective, approach, outlook – whatever we call it – it changes or impacts everything. Imagine if something unexpected or even unwanted happens. What if you ‘failed’ at something, or even lost your job, or you simply didn’t meet your goal? We can’t control things that happen, that’s a given. What we can control though is our...
Everyone is a leader
WeAreTheCity’s Future Leaders blog You may aspire to be a leader or you may already have a leadership role. Regardless of what your official role is, what we know is that you influence and have an impact on people every day. And you are therefore a leader. In fact, many of the most influential leaders in the world are informal leaders. They are the people that that others listen to, and also feel heard and seen by. . Leadership...
Performance reviews or not? Time for change?
From WeAreTheCity’s Future Leaders blog There are a lot of discussions going on at the moment regarding annual appraisals and whether they should be performed at all. Sadly appraisals are often ineffective and something people dread, both the person appraising and the one being appraised! Now the idea behind the review is of course to look at how it’s going for each person at work, (and we do all need feedback!), plan for the...
Who can you help today?
From WeAreTheCity’s Future Leaders blog There’s nothing quite as great as the feeling when you’ve done something for someone else. Contributing to something beyond ourselves, something greater than ourselves is endlessly inspiring. “We rise by lifting others” Robert Ingersoll Helping someone else – by for example giving your time, sharing your knowledge, ideas, skills or network, is just great to do. Do it...
Praise the setbacks!
From WeAreTheCity’s Future Leaders blog It can be tempting to constantly wish for great results and going from success to success. Smooth sailing basically. But that’s rarely how it is, is it? We all experience setbacks, we all make mistakes. And it’s supposed to be that way. Progress requires setbacks; the only sure way to avoid failure is not to try. Henry Spencer It’s the same for teams you’re in or...
