If you’re a leader, you know that often leading well means taking risks. It is somewhat like a Tarzan swing. In order to move forward, there are 3 things that need to be considered: 1. You need to quickly assess which vine you are going to grab. You need to choose your next vine from a variety of different vines…
The answer is simple – when they are not leading! Leadership takes many different forms and whilst there is a generalisation that certain personalities are “Natural Born leaders”, we will find good leadership from within any of the different personality types. Leaders from different personality types will lead differently with differing strengths, weaknesses and emphasis but that doesn’t make you…
Isn’t it funny that when someone does something differently to the way we would do it, our instant response is something like, “You did what?” or “What did you do that for?” Whilst we are generally happy to acknowledge that we are all individuals, in a somewhat surprising and sub-conscious contrast, our default position is that everyone thinks things through…
It is an interesting question – how well do you know the team you have been charged with leading? Knowing your team – understanding what makes them tick, what is important to them, how they make decisions, whether they look favourably on interactions with you or their team mates – is an important part of leading them well. I am…
