Tag Archives: “Leadership Coach”

Look in the Mirror to Communicate Better

If you have ever felt frustrated because a person you were talking to simply didn’t GET what you were trying to say, or because you were misunderstood. Or if you have ever felt disappointed because you were let down, its … Continue reading

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How Poor Values Impact – Virgin & Vodafone

Recently we have been talking on the topic of being consistent with your core message and core values. We have also explored why this is important for the people you deal with, in particular for your staff, team members and … Continue reading

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4 Steps to Lead Change

Hello all The purpose of this post was to provide the full text of an article I wrote that was published by My Business Magazine this week – unfortunately, LinkedIn caps the maximum posting size so I have abbreviated it!! … Continue reading

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CEO Training on Leadership & Business

Starnext is a training & support enterprise committed to unearthing and developing tomorrow’s leadership and business ‘STARS’!! In this brief video I share a little about Starnext, SuccessionLeadershipChange.com & why we do what we do.

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Leaders Facilitate Momentum By Celebrating

A central theme of great leadership is facilitating a driving team to achieve the steps that will ultimately realize a change vision. What makes these steps significant, particularly the early ones, is that they can create momentum that allows a … Continue reading

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3 Lessons Small Enterprise Can Teach a Corporate

As we have explored recently, much has been written on the topic of why corporate execs and CEOs do not transition well to smaller enterprises… doesn’t it make you wonder then, what smaller enterprises could teach their larger cousins about … Continue reading

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The Impact of Poor Strategy

The impact of following the wrong strategy can be dire – particularly when you are following the wrong strategy with enthusiasm. I hope you enjoy this video. Its one of the best illustrations I have seen of the importance of … Continue reading

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Urgency – Why Corporate Leaders Often Fail in Smaller Companies

The transition from a large enterprise to a smaller one has been blamed for many career and corporate failures – but what is it that seems to cause this? In my experience with both management succession and also with turnaround, … Continue reading

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The Importance of ‘Why’

I once had a business partner who used to recite frequently that “whilst 99% of people know how… there are only 1% know why.” His reason for this was not rocket science, of course: a person who understands why they … Continue reading

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Getting A Leader’s Perspective

For both leaders and managers, the benefits of seeing the “bigger picture” are not debated: indeed, obtaining a bigger picture perspective is central! Why is it then, that actually stepping away and achieving sufficient distance to ‘get’ a bigger picture … Continue reading

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