When engaging and managing conflict with people – especially difficult people – approaching them in a connected and compassionate way helps to diffuse tension. This approach always takes courage. But we also need to practise what is called non-violent...
Following on from last month’s post on leadership delegation and empowering your employees, enabling your leadership delegation partners means more than encouraging or even inspiring them. These are elements of it, but it speaks to the concept of coaching. think...
If you lead people, then you delegate, and if you delegate, then you have said (or thought) words to the effect of: “It would be quicker/easier/cheaper/safer to do the job myself!” And you are right. However, in the absence of a cloning machine, there is only one of...
This week we take a closer look at how to practically go about making those tough decisions. You can read the first part of making these tough decisions here. Once you have assessed the facts and information, and asked a trusted colleague or friend to get clarity, now...
Making any decision is hard. Period. This is because making decisions- especially big ones – have the potential to be “wrong” and as human beings we don’t like being wrong. However, decisions one way or the other, are usually not all wrong or all right. The...
In this series about blind spots, this week we discuss ways to discover possible blind spots, this is key to leadership development within organisations, and for each individual employee. This is part two of the series on Blind Spots. Part 1 spoke about looking into...
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