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Action For The Week
WOW your customers by ensuring people at the front line of your organisation have the freedom to make the decisions they need to make. (Extract from The Naked Coach)… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: August 2011
A little used three letter word that will help you…
Time to Read – Under a minute (unless you break for a cup of tea in the middle) When you pause to reflect on how you are doing – achievements measured against plans, it is easy to be self-critical, and focus on what you haven’t achieved. And then your inner voice goes into overdrive, telling…… Continue Reading
Thought For The Week
THERE is one way to make yourself totally dispensable – by trying to do the complete opposite, by attempting to be completely indispensable. As you gather and hold onto all of that information, protect your private network like a personal army, and play ‘politics’ at every opportunity, you are digging a hole for yourself that…… Continue Reading
Changes Could Mean Red Card For Some
IS your business coach playing by the rules, or are they getting away with a sneaky foul behind the referee’s back? Playing fair has always been the premise of good business ethics. So the Naked Leader (NL) is fully supportive of a new Professional Code of Conduct which has been filed by a number of…… Continue Reading
Action For The Week
DELAY worry. Have a worry time in your diary – eg 3pm every Monday or 7pm every Sunday – when you will worry for seven minutes straight. All worries and fears you have are to be relocated to that time as you are too busy to worry right now. When that time comes, sit down…… Continue Reading
Record Your Achievements, As Well as Your Plans
Time to Read – 1 minute 30 seconds This month thousands of students the world over receive their exam results, and no matter how many you sat, each one that you pass represents a real, personal achievement. By itself. Not simply as a reflection of your hard work, commitment and application. Not just so you…… Continue Reading
Thought For The Week
INSPIRATION is energy, a passion, and it has to be used, before it disappears. (Extract from The Naked Coach)… Continue Reading
See The Light
LOSING your job can feel like entering a dark tunnel. For many, though, it can spark a flame inside of them which refuses to burn out. The proof is in the figures. While the jobless toll has hit two-and-a-half million, there is a glimmer of hope as self-employment has risen and there are around four…… Continue Reading
Action For The Week
IS there conflict in your team? If so, make sure you don’t ignore it. Whether it be a difference of opinion in the way the team operates or a personality clash, a team leader needs to get on top of the problem and discuss it openly with the group. Uncomfortable though it may be at…… Continue Reading
Empowerment – Time to Make it Real
A few years ago I wasn’t a big fan of “empowerment” – it had become a meaningless phrase, and I used to believe that people don’t need to be empowered, as they already have all the skills, strengths and talent that they need, to deliver. I was wrong. If a widely used word has become…… Continue Reading