Five sure ways to make meetings matter

Our research suggests senior people are wasting several days every month in meetings that don’t help them do their jobs. That creates a serious lag in their organisation’s productivity, and is deadly for morale. But it doesn’t have to be that way

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Six steps to inspire joined-up leadership (full version)

Sometimes I run a programme called Curated Leadership Conversations for execs. Basically, I put a leadership concept, insight or tool on the table (that’s the curation) and we talk about it in the context of their business. It works great.

I have been thinking about how I can give it to you for the price of a few books (Full version)

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Six steps to inspire joined-up leadership (Shorter version)

Sometimes I run a programme called Curated Leadership Conversations for execs. Basically, I put a leadership concept, insight or tool on the table (that’s the curation) and we talk about it in the context of their business. It works great.

I have been thinking about how I can give it to you for the price of a few books. Here is shorter version …

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How effective communication can transform your leadership style

This post is about “communication” – a topic of frequent conversation among the execs and leadership teams I work with. In it I share a little of what learnt from when I had a proper job and from the people I coach. Also, I attempt to distinguish between dialogue and debate.
… “it’s all about communication”

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How to be a great mentor

I got a call from a construction leader, he asked me how to be a great mentor and then we worked it out together. This is kind of the write up, what we arrived at and the key takeaways.

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How to inspire your people to achieve a shared vision for success

First step to inspiring your people, you have to be inspired yourself – so notice where you get your inspiration and get more of it. It’s not a one-time event, a conference or a roadshow. This is how you show up day after day as a leader, and this is who you are as a leader

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The Systems Leader 2023

John is not making the grade, we need to “performance manage” him – whatever that means!
I wrote this blog post nearly 10 years ago. I was going to change a few words and provide some examples to update it though decided not to as the basic tenet still holds true – for me anyway. What are we going to do about John’s performance?

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Are you up for a trophic cascade?

This story has been viewed over 14 million times and is a great metaphor for the work we do with executive and project leadership teams enabling them to bring about remarkable change.

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