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With over 34 years of experience in leadership, I’ve had the privilege of working with leaders and organisations internationally, helping them unlock their potential, overcome challenges, and achieve exceptional results. Recognised as one of the world’s top leadership experts, I’ve authored 12 books on leadership and mindset, sharing the strategies and insights that have transformed individuals and teams around the globe.
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Everyone’s journey is unique and requires very specific advice and guidance but there are some general tips that will apply to everyone and in this week’s article I want to share those tips with you so that you too can become successful.Posted: Tuesday 10 May 2022 -
The coronavirus pandemic has hit the business world hard with not only losses in revenue but also with its levels of staffing due to so many people being sick and unable to work and it’s this area that I want to discuss this week. I’ve recently had several Managers contact me for advice on this problem. They have the vast majority of their team off sick and they wanted to know how to lead their team or what’s left of it during these difficult timesPosted: Wednesday 20 April 2022 -
The best leaders are authentic leaders, people whose inner compass guides their daily actions and enables them to earn the trust of their team and their colleagues. Forbes magazine described authentic leaders as people who are self-aware of their strengths, their weaknesses and their emotions and they show their real selves when interacting with their followers. These are the type of Leaders that people want to follow and people strive to become but it’s not easy to be authentic.Posted: Wednesday 13 April 2022 -
I was working with a company last week where both the Manager and the team weren’t happy with each other. The team felt that the Manager wasn’t listening to them and wasn’t even interested in their opinions while the Manager felt that these accusations were silly because he actually thought the opposite was true.Posted: Wednesday 6 April 2022 -
A common complaint I hear from workplaces is that the Manger in charge is too authoritarian, telling people what to do rather than asking them, taking credit for other peoples’ good work while at the same time distributing blame whenever anything goes wrong. Ultimately this kind of Boss places their own personal interests ahead of those of the team which is unfortunate because this behaviour is the complete opposite of what Leadership is meant to be about.Posted: Monday 4 April 2022 -
During the past few years there’s been a lot of changes. Businesses that were once thriving are now struggling while those who remain have had to adapt and pivot their business and as a result careers are no longer as secure as they were previously. Yet in this time of uncertainty there comes opportunities and there are many people who have decided to embrace these opportunities and start their own businessPosted: Thursday 24 March 2022 -
This is more of an opinion piece rather than one of my traditional articles but something has happened recently that I have to talk about and that is the disgraceful behaviour of P&O FerriesPosted: Tuesday 22 March 2022 -
As the workplace has changed so has the people within the workplace and this is especially true for Leaders. Having a team that is not in the same location as them creates a lot of challenges. So Leaders need to learn how to adapt to this new way for working. In this week’s article, I want to share some advice on how to lead remotely.Posted: Thursday 17 March 2022 -
Every Leader has a vision of what they want the team to achieve but they soon realise that there’s a big difference between a Leader who has a vision and a visionary Leader. So in this week’s article I want to share the six main ways that will help you turn ideas into reality and become a visionary Leader.Posted: Wednesday 9 March 2022 -
Whenever I recall the story of Mack Robinson it reminds me that in business, just like in sport it’s not enough to be good at what you do, in fact it’s not enough to be very good. In order to win you need to achieve greatness and this is no easy feat. In this week’s article I want to share with you how you can become a great Leader.Posted: Wednesday 2 March 2022 -
Decision making is an important aspect of Leadership and it’s vital to get those crucial decisions right, so in this weeks article I want to explore how Leaders can avoid making wrong decisions.Posted: Tuesday 22 February 2022 -
During the past week we’ve seen several world Leaders apologise for their mistakes or at least attempt to apologise. Firstly, there was the Prime Mister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, who apologised to the Queen for the all night parties held at Downing Street the night prior to the funeral of her husband Prince Philip while in the United States President Joe Biden apologised to a reporter that he was caught on his microphone insulting.Posted: Thursday 17 February 2022 -
People often believe that a promotion is something you shouldn’t chase after. It is something that should come to you naturally as a reflection of the work you have done. That is great if only life was fair, but unfortunately we all know that it is not. Sometimes good work goes unnoticed and often there are times when the promotion doesn’t go to the most deserving. So this week I want to explore with you some tips on how you can increase the odds of getting the promotion that you rightfully deserve.Posted: Wednesday 16 February 2022 -
Does this scenario sound familiar? You hire someone smart and ambitious and you invest a lot of time training and developing them and just as the moment arrives when they are at the level you want them to be they present you with the news that they are leaving. So now you are back to square one, looking to hire someone new that you have to spend valuable time training them again as well while costing your business more money in recruitment, training and lost productivity.Posted: Tuesday 15 February 2022 -
Now that we are in a New Year, there’s a good chance that you have joined millions of people around the world and have set some New Year resolutions taking the opportunity to make positive changes to your career and your life. In this week’s article I want to explore how you can avoid the mistakes that the majority of people make so that you can achieve your goals in 2022.Posted: Tuesday 18 January 2022 -
The best Leaders are learners, they have a desire to discover ways in which they can become better leaders and they are the most passionate. Learners look for any example of excellence regardless of the industry in which that excellence occurs because they understand that where you find excellence you will find valuable lessons. In this weeks article, I want to explore the world of Formula OnePosted: Saturday 18 December 2021 -
In a sea of superheroes, what makes Spider-Man so special and what does this have to do with Leadership? In this weeks article I want to explore the story of Spider-man, it’s enduring popularity and the lessons that can help everyone become a superhero leader.Posted: Saturday 18 December 2021 -
I was contacted this week by a young entrepreneur, Markos from South Africa who is currently writing a book to help fellow young entrepreneurs and he asked me “What’s the single greatest mental strength you believe young people need to possess? (Eg Confidence, Discipline, Self-Awareness etc)”. In this week’s article I want to share with you the answer I gave Markos.Posted: Thursday 16 December 2021 -
It is the time of the year that no one in the workplace looks forward to. It’s when Managers everywhere sit down with each of their staff and perform the dreaded performance review which typically staff don’t like participating in and Managers don’t like doing them yet there are many organisations around the world that still engage in this outdated practice. In this weeks article I want to explain why the traditional performance review process just doesn’t work and soon will be a thing of the past.Posted: Wednesday 15 December 2021 -
In this week’s article I’m going to explore some research that shows just how much of a difference a quality leader can make to an organisation’s profits in comparison to a poor leader and what precisely is the difference and what are the top ten qualities that the highest performing leaders possess.Posted: Thursday 2 December 2021