I asked someone the other day to have a guess at my personality type. “Easy! You’re an introvert!” “Hmm, interesting. What makes you say that?” “Well, whenever we talk, you’re always really good at listening.” It surprised them when I revealed that I’m a high-preference extravert. While they weren’t right in choosing… Read More Being heard . . .
I have a very simple technique I use with people who seem to be stuck. Maybe they’re holding on to something they need to let go of Perhaps they can’t imagine what their future might look like Sometimes they have a self-limiting belief that seems to be derailing them 3 simple questions: For the more… Read More What’s stopping you?
The first in my Note to self series. Print if off, cut it out, keep it close. Look out for others coming your way over the next few weeks.
As a leader, you’ll have a responsibility for working hard to develop people. Not just as a one-off, but continually. How? Perhaps, through: quality 1:1s sharing your skills and knowledge securing training for them offering mentoring or coaching giving them access to shadowing and secondment setting objectives reviewing goals and priorities It’s… Read More Not interested?
How do you differentiate between idle chatter and an important business, work-related conversation? I think it’s simple. And I’m guessing you know the answer too. Well, I’ve been encouraging people to talk to each other . . . to hold some quality conversations . . . to talk to each other about leadership . .… Read More Getting conversations about leadership started . . .
What development have you had in the last 12 months? Be honest. Was your instinct to cite a training course you’ve just completed? Well if it was, you wouldn’t be alone, and it’s a common answer. Training courses are great opportunities to acquire or refresh a technical, operational or functional competence, and so are spot… Read More Let’s make a deal . . .
Many people who’ve worked with me know my Platinum model, and I’m sharing it again, here, having been reminded of it this week by a client who remembered it from a coaching session long ago, yet who still finds it useful. It goes like this: I designed my Platinum Model when managing a fabulous team. They were skilled,… Read More Going for gold
I recently listened to someone referencing the comfort, stretch panic* model, and was reminded of a friend who prefers to call stretch the adventure zone. Love that. Then I got to thinking – what is the stretch, or the adventure, that’s required, as we move into leadership? Surely part of our adventure is in leaving behind some of the operational,… Read More Steep slopes
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