H2H: The ”Human to Human” business focus
From WeAreTheCity’s Future Leader’s Blog B2B – Business to Business B2C – Business to Consumer These are common ways of describing if a company is providing products and services to another business or directly to the consumer, the end user. This is to some degree an important distinction as it impacts or even dictates how a business is organised and how it needs to operate. But ultimately all business is H2H – it’s Human to Human....
Be ready with smart questions not smart answers
From WeAreTheCity’s Future Leader’s Blog When someone asks us a question or asks for our advice it is amazing how many times we really feel that we have to have the answer. As members of teams and people who lead teams we often think that we need to have the answer. Sometimes the opposite is true. The most effective and successful people will not always just give you the answer but instead ask you really...
Four ways to build trust
From WeAreTheCity’s Future Leader’s Blog Trust matters. A lot. Just think about how fantastic it feels to really trust someone, to know that they would always behave thoughtfully, respectfully and honestly! If you don’t fully have people’s trust, your impact will be limited. And if you don’t trust someone, you won’t give them your all, will you? As a leader you must inspire trust – there can be no effective or...
Turn your back on the audience
From WeAreTheCity’s Future Leader’s Blog Have you ever observed the conductor of a philharmonic orchestra and how they spend very little time facing the audience? In fact, they spend most of their time facing the orchestra, which is their team. They are guiding them to play beautifully and with great impact together. And have you noticed how perfectly the musicians play together, seemingly unaware of each other, yet obviously acutely...
You’re not alone- kick-start 2018 with your team
From WeAreTheCity’s Future Leader’s Blog Welcome back to a new work year! As a leader you probably have all sorts of things flying around your head right now about the year ahead – goal setting, planning, development talks, recruitment needs, budget and more. And as much as some of this is your responsibility, the reality is that most of the work will be done by your team members, right? As a leader your role is to enable excellent...
It’s time to celebrate
From WeAreTheCity’s Future Leader’s Blog As the year comes to an end and the festive season is upon us, it’s a great opportunity to stop and take stock. Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection – Winston Churchill Before you start the celebrations and before you then throw yourself into the next year, why not reflect on 2016 and do your own mental year-end review! It doesn’t have to take long at all and it...
