We have reached the most important aspect of Leadership and that is what to and what not to, pass on to my team. I am sure you have heard the phrase that “this is above my pay grade”, and there is truth in that statement, even if at times it… Read Article
In the last two posts in this leadership series we will be taking everything we have learned so far and apply it to the thorny subject of delegation (this edition) and empowerment (final article). Why is it a thorny subject you may be asking yourself? The answer to this comes… Read Article
In the third post about behaviours, within the Leadership series, we will look at how best to interact with each of the behaviours that we have discussed in the last two posts and to ensure we know what the “do’s” and “don’ts” are when communicating and working with each of… Read Article
In the last post we looked at the research undertaken by Hippocrates in 400 BC on behaviours, and augmented in 190 AD by Greek physician Aelius Galen and ultimately updated by NASA for use in building their space teams, with regard to the four behaviours that make up each person… Read Article
In the previous posts we looked at the development level of your team members, the skills they possessed, their level of trust and their leel of accountability. In this post, and the next two, we are going to move beyond those and look at something we may not be as… Read Article
In the last blog we looked at the need to trust those that work with you and hopefully they in turn trust you. We even felt that it was impossible to be able to empower a member of your team if their Trustbank was low. Connected to trust is their… Read Article
Continuing our series on leadership we turn to the vital subject of “trust” and a concept I developed called “Trustbank”. If you are going to manage a team member then you need to have built up a good level of trust before the person you are asking to do something… Read Article
In part four we looked at the magical night sleep that newly promoted people are expected to have, so they can come in the next day fully competent for the task ahead. Clearly it doesn’t happen, yet we must presume that people think it does as they put a person into… Read Article
In the last two blogs we looked at how to motivate a person to achieve the tasks or to manage others. In this blog we look at are they up for the task. When a person is promoted to a new position or given a new task that they have… Read Article
In the last blog we looked at a person’s needs as defined by Abraham Maslow and most particularly at two of the layers of his pyramid that a leader can influence, known as the “Social Needs and “Esteem Needs”. This week we will further develop the thinking behind what motivates… Read Article