Feedforward: Do you give enough?
From WeAreTheCity’s Future Leader’s Blog In a recent study by Gallup, only 23 per cent of employees say that they get enough feedback. This is a sad figure, but not a surprising one. There’s not enough feedback in the workplace, this is a known fact. And yet it is the fuel that can energise performance big time. “Feedback is the breakfast of champions” Ken Blanchard Do you give enough feedback? According to another study by...
A reputation, we all have one?
From WeAreTheCity’s Future Leader’s Blog It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation and only one bad one to lose it – Benjamin Franklin Individuals, teams and organisations all have reputations. And reputation is created over time, through words, actions and behaviours. But it’s not set in stone – a reputation can quickly be tarnished and even ruined. A reputation should not be taken for granted. In fact, it should be...
How loud is your body language?
From WeAreTheCity’s Future Leader’s Blog Do you think a lot about what to say? Do you carefully choose your words to craft a great question or comment? Do you think about the message you want to put across to someone else? We would guess that the answer is yes to most if not all of those questions. But what about your body language? Do you think about that as much? Ultimately your physiology; your body language,...
Time is not refundable so use it with intention
From WeAreTheCity’s Future Leader’s Blog “Where did that time go, I can’t believe the first quarter has gone already, can you?” “I know I saw you in January and it is already April, how did we get to Easter so fast!” “Is it really 2017 it seems like yesterday when I was saying welcome to 2015” These phrases sound familiar to you? Everyone we talk to says things like this about time. Everyone is so busy. With the busy bug people...
The art of making people feel special
From WeAreTheCity’s Future Leader’s Blog “Wow, that’s a really interesting idea!” Steve looked attentively at Sally. “I had never thought about that. What made you consider it?” Sally lit up. “Well, I’ve thought about it for a while and have discussed it with my colleagues recently who also thought the idea had real potential. I’m glad you liked it, do you want to hear some more on how I think it could work in practice? Steve...
Don’t let it get to you!
From WeAreTheCity’s Future Leader’s Blog Stress, pressure, uncertainty and disappointment. These are some of the negative feelings and experiences we can encounter at work. Sounds familiar? Been there? We probably all have. But things around us are not the boss of us. We all decide how we will react to circumstances, situations and people around us. We can choose to not let it get to us. We can decide to be our own boss,...
