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Do you REALLY listen to your team?

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“The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.”— Woodrow Wilson We all have the ability to listen but not everyone uses that skill.  We’re often too busy working out our reply before the speaker has even finished with his words. Neuroscience shows us that while hearing is relatively simple, listening […]

Do You Have a Leadership Game Plan?

If you think about it, being a leader is not much different from being the captain of a sporting team. Whatever your team sport, be it football, basketball, or athletics, you are still, essentially, a fundamental component of the team. Unlike a coach, you’re not sitting on the sidelines, giving directions and demanding results. You’re […]

Applying the AGES Model to Boost Leadership Training Retention

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When it comes to designing learning experiences we need to know how to make certain that the learning is understood and retained once the training program has ended.  David Rock presented the AGES model as a tool which will help make learning “sticky”. A stands for Attention.  It seems logical that we are more likely to […]

Effective Ways for Leaders to Handle Team Conflict

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Despite a leader’s best intentions, it’s impossible to avoid conflict. Great leaders are never satisfied with maintaining the status quo. Instead, they push their teams improved performance. As agents of change, leaders should naturally expect to encounter push back and outright resistance from time to time. So, what do you need to know about conflict […]

Courage

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear”. Nelson Mandela Lead with Courage. I woke up today and it occurred to me how much courage the leaders have that I am coaching […]

Connect and Lead Through Relationships

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Striving to be a good leader is something we all do on a daily basis and, as the pressure mounts to be continually innovative, leaders are looking for alternative ideas. However, did you know the connections you make with your team can be the difference between a good leader and a great one? Think about […]

Strategies to Build a Pipeline to Leadership Gender Equality (Free Ebooks!

Women in Leadership

We know about the glass ceiling, and how that is or was, considered a barrier to women achieving their career and leadership goals, but what else is blocking the pipeline to female leadership? It’s easy to blame breaks in employment due to having children and going on maternity leave, but these pauses don’t need to […]

Brain Breaks

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This morning I was running late, it was raining and was racing to chair a Leadership Summit. My brain was overwhelmed, distracted and I was doing 3 things at once. And you guessed it, I lost focus and drove into the curb and massive FLAT TYRE! UGH! Slow down you move too fast, got to […]

Brain Based Decision Making

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The ability to take decisive action, to make sound, unbiased decisions, is a key skill that effective leaders use multiple times each day. When we think about the key components and processes of sound decision making, most of us tend to first think of our brain’s ability to use logic and reason to examine the […]

Blended Learning for Leadership and Diversity

We’ve always said that although there are certainly some born leaders in our world, there are many more great leaders who have acquired and polished their leadership skills over a period of time. So, we know that with training, great leaders can be created. Modern training techniques have evolved to reach beyond the training room, […]