How to Prioritise Urgent Tasks From Your Boss

I was presenting to a group of leaders last week and a participant in the audience said, his boss always wants everything urgently or as a priority.  I wondered if it was him thinking it was urgent or if it really was urgent.   Sometimes I think we assume it’s urgent because the boss asks but if…

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4 Ways to Show You’re a Leader 

As a mum to two beautiful girls, I am always trying to lead by example, some days I get it right and other days maybe not so right but one thing I do know is that they are always watching me and always observing how I am acting.  So I am always trying to be…

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2 Easy Ways to Boost Engagement

I am always saying to leaders that without your team, you can’t be successful. I know for a fact that I would not of achieved all that I have without a successful team behind me. As the leader of the company, it is critically important that I am boosting engagement in my team because we…

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4 Tasks Every Leader Should Delegate

I ran a workshop on “How to Empower Employees through Effective Delegation” and l wrote a best-selling book “Empowering Employees Through Effective Delegation” and for many leaders just trying to figure out what to delegate is sometimes the hardest. They often say but I’m the only one that knows how to do this… so I…

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Leaders, are you Coaching or Telling?

I know many managers that find it to tell rather than coach.  However, telling doesn’t really allow the person to grow and learn and think for themselves. However, when we coach, we inspire, teach, grow and empower our people. Often managers tell me they are coaching but when I put them through one of my…

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7 Habits of Highly Effective People

When I first read 7 Habits, I was amazed at how closely linked the 7 Habits were to successful leadership and leading change. I see many of these habits in great leaders, and if you’re attempting to navigate change within your workplace, they will all play a key role.

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Five ways to boost team morale

team morale

Your team are your greatest asset. You know it, I know it – but do they know it? Richard Branson says “A company’s employees are its greatest asset and your people are your product” . Their good work and loyalty can fail to get the appreciation and recognition it deserves and instead your team hear…

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How to relax when the workday is over

relax when the workday is over

No, it’s not drinking a bottle of wine haha! In all truthfulness, I need to confess that I am just as bad at this as anyone, so this blog serves as a reminder to you and me. At the start of each year, we can start with such good intentions, and we turn these intentions…

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