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INSIDE your team, debate, discuss and decide – then go forward with one voice. Providing everyone has had a chance to have their say, and been genuinely listened to, they will go forward with you. ‘One team – one vision’. This does not mean you are ‘against’ other teams (we can all be in more…… Continue Reading
IF individuals make up a team it surely follows that a team should be a collection of individuals. It stands to reason. Doesn’t it? Actually, no it doesn’t. Today more than ever, the experience, knowledge and skills of an entire workforce are key to business success. The saying ‘we’re in this together’ could not be…… Continue Reading
Organisational De-Structures One of the big fads of the last ten years was so called “flat structures,” and I wrote a chapter in Naked Leader that blamed them for indecision, inaction and poor results. I was wrong. Just as I would have been wrong to blame traditional, top down structures in the same way. Just…… Continue Reading
THIS week, focus on your team. Really focus. Achieve your goals as a group. Remember you are not a collection of individuals. You are in it together.… Continue Reading
BUSINESS is not just about making money, it is about delighting your customers. making money is the by-product. And you will delight your customers by following through and delivering on what you promise. So, this month, and always, follow through and deliver on your promise. Be seen to deliver your agreement. And if something goes…… Continue Reading
HOW many organizations recruit on the basis of ‘hard skills’ – measurable, technical, learnable skills? Invariably employees leave, or are made redundant, or fired, on the grounds of so-called ‘softer’ skills – their personality or attitude. How we can we reverse this situation? Simple. Reverse it by ensuring that next time you recruit someone into…… Continue Reading
SINGER Alexandra Burke is not the only one with X-Factor appeal to have had a sensational hit with an Elephant in the Room. Okay, so Naked Leader founder David Taylor may not have what it takes to bang out a tune in a tight fitting outfit. He has been known to stretch his vocal chords…… Continue Reading
IF individuals make up a team it surely follows that a team should be a collection of individuals. It stands to reason. Doesn’t it? Actually, no it doesn’t. Today more than ever, the experience, knowledge and skills of an entire workforce are key to business success. The saying ‘we’re in this together’ could not be…… Continue Reading
IN business, such as in sport, you need hod carriers as well as artists, stability in harness with skill, while caution should be allied to courage and creativity. Remember, as a team, you need to have a range of attributes to make business work and you should consider the objectives of the team and what…… Continue Reading
POWER to the people – something a manager needs to give to his or her staff if their business is to succeed. People are what make your business work. So – rather like your finances – it is vital that employees are managed in the right way. You can start by leading by example. Show…… Continue Reading