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Time to Read: 45 seconds Competencies have one major downside They never work. Boring, complex and time consuming aside, they simply create general all rounders. Going forward – strengths are all. Because if people do not use their strengths every day, they will reduce. If all you did in your organisation was to unlock the…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: 17 seconds People love doing what they are good at… And they – we – are good at what we love doing. When I said this recently, at a school, a young boy responded: “Duh!” So, ask everyone in your team, on your project, in your organisation, what do you LOVE doing…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: 40 seconds The top 7 ways to unlock new ideas from the people you already have Organisations that identify, unlock and unleash the strengths, passions and ideas in the people that they already have will succeed, those that don’t, won’t. So, 3 NL Weeks – this one on ideas, next on passions…… Continue Reading
Time to read: 4 minutes This month’s Leader Feature – Clive talks to an inspirational young woman, Katie Walker. Katie won the Prince’s Trust Young Achiever of the Year title at the Pride of Britain Awards. Here’s Clive Barrett’s interview with Katie: KATIE Walker was “shaking” when she went to click ‘send’ on social media…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: 40 seconds How to be recognised for the work you do without shouting about it – in Royal Flush order…. Ace – Get known in your organisation as being an obvious expert in something so you become the go too person in that area – do not brag – just make it…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: Time to read 90 seconds Good service is when… Good customer service is how the customer is treated when things go wrong. Too many customer service training initiatives concentrate on following a process for how things should proceed, and too few on what happens when events go outside of that process. In…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: Shorter than arranging a meeting Bolt the door, lock the windows, send for pizza… I was coach to a new CEO who had been in place for around 3 months and he had invited me to a monthly Executive meeting. For a variety of reasons he was doubting whether important financial information…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: 3 and a half minutes This month Clive chats to Peter McCartney – a naked leader every single day: GUIDING light Peter McCartney sees his role in life to “facilitate enjoyment, achievement and legacy.” No wonder then that he has been recognised as a leader of substance within ISS, one of the…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: 1 minute 20 seconds Snakes and Ladders with one major difference We lay out the Board – our Outcome is at the top left, where we are right now is marked as number 1. Before us, we see various lengths of snakes and ladders. Just like in real life. People love playing…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: Time added on (An average of 2 minutes) 3 leadership lessons from Gareth Southgate Football did indeed came home Gareth and his team healed the many year disconnect between country and team. He did it by showing his passion and emotion, by talking to each and every fan through the camera and…… Continue Reading