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Jim Collins in ‘Good to Great’ talks about focusing first on ‘who’ then on ‘what’ and suggests that a leader’s first priority needs to be on getting the right people on the bus, and the wrong people off the bus.
We all do it…act on or take for granted that the information presented to us is true, accurate and of value. Sometimes we just need a little reminder to slow down, ask some questions and check out the validity and usefulness of the data driving our decisions and behaviour. Enjoy this story I stumbled upon […]
As human beings we thrive on autonomy. It is a hard-wired mechanism in our brain. We need to feel a sense of control over our own environment and we will defend that need, consciously or non-consciously.
Last year, my friend and colleague, Oscar Trimboli, was sitting at my table at a Thought Leaders business immersion I was attending. Oscar is one of those delightfully calm people who are so laid back that you need to check to see if they have a pulse – essentially, the complete opposite of me, the […]
Every action counts! Leadership is a social process. Martin M Chemers (1997) in his text ‘An Integrative Theory of Leadership’ defines leadership as…
Organisations invest a lot of time and money developing and communicating strategy, but there seems to be an ongoing challenge with the short and long-term execution of that strategy. Some people jump on board and others, even though they understand, agree with and even desire the strategy or change, just don’t seem to be able to […]
You can never really truly know why someone makes the choices they do, or behaves the way they do. Sometimes you may be baffled by the way YOU think and behave. Furthermore, it’s not really your right to judge the behaviour of others, but you do have to live and work in collaborative environments, and you do […]
I’m a girl. And I drive a car. And when I first learnt to drive (34 years ago in the age of the manual car) my father insisted on teaching me about how the car works. I learned how to check and change the oil, how to change the fan-belt, how to change a tire, […]
Last year at this time I wrote a blog about my Theme for 2014. It was ‘PROFILE’. Click here to read it if you like, the same idea of deciding on a theme applies to 2015! (https://leadinghumans.com.au/2014-getting-focused)