Tag Archives: leadership
Not everyone wants to learn, you know…
Posted on15. May, 2012 by susan.
Have you ever tried training someone and felt like you were getting nowhere? This was one of my early HR lessons: We can’t assume everyone wants to learn and develop their skills. In some workplaces and some roles, you will find people who just want to get on with the job they were employed to [...]
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Three steps to successful collaborations
Posted on29. Mar, 2012 by susan.
This post is part of a series on collaboration. See this previous post for more on how working together can work for you. A recent article on the dangers of collaboration started me thinking of the proactive steps we can take to avoid the risks inherent in a collaborative effort. Like many people, my experiences [...]
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We’re all in this together
Posted on15. Mar, 2012 by susan.
Some new business owners struggle with how to treat their ‘competition’. Do you research what they’re doing? Do you try to beat them on price? Do you even try to undermine their integrity? It can be difficult when you’re in start-up mode not to have a negative view of your competitors. They are already established, [...]
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Succession: Your people plan
Posted on20. Feb, 2012 by susan.
People are the key to a successful business succession plan, but do we always pay enough attention to the human side of this critical business process? For example, planning for a transition period should include knowing in advance: How well will you get on with your successor(s)? What are their beliefs and attitudes around money? [...]
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Finding tomorrow’s leaders
Posted on07. Feb, 2012 by susan.
You are probably confident you know a leader when you see one. But how do you identify leadership potential? Anyone with leadership potential is probably already a leader in many ways… Do they: Willingly help others without patronising them? Speak up in meetings, offering original ideas? Dare to challenge the status quo? Express their ideas [...]
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A lesson in valuing your intuition
Posted on10. Jan, 2012 by susan.
When you have a decision to make, do you put more emphasis on analysis or intuition? If you believe decisions must be based on logic, it could be time to listen to your heart a little more often. That niggling doubt could be a sign you need to pay more attention to your intuition. Initially [...]
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Giving feedback? Remember the other F-words
Posted on20. Oct, 2011 by susan.
Feedback is one area some people struggle with when managing staff. Remembering some other f-words could make it easier! Here are some quick tips to giving feedback that will be well received and acted upon: 1. Always give feedback face-to-face. 2. Giving feedback on a frequent basis makes it normal and expected. 3. Be fair [...]
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The 2 main reasons you don’t delegate
Posted on29. Sep, 2011 by susan.
In my years of coaching and observing managers, one of the main obstacles I see the majority of them face is delegation of their work. If I was to nominate one characteristic that would make the biggest difference to their chances of success (or stress) it would be the degree to which they are able [...]
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Are you ‘success-oriented’?
Posted on12. Aug, 2011 by susan.
What does it take to be successful in business? Research published by The Guardian Life Small Business Research Institute surveyed the attitudes of 1100 small business owners (2-99 employs) in the US in May 2009. What they found, according to the Institute’s director, Mark D. Wolf, was that “Success-oriented small business owners are a special [...]
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Critical skill shortage 5: Technical skills
Posted on04. Jul, 2011 by susan.
Welcome to the final article in this series based on data about skills shortages in the banking and finance sector, collected in the Kelly Skills at Work 2010 study. See our blog for previous articles on this topic. All the skills we looked at previously in this series – communication, problem solving and decision making, [...]
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