How to motivate my team? It’s a common but elusive question that many people leaders struggle with. Your team’s drive and desire to perform well is key to their productivity and success. Yet the truth is, you can’t really motivate people unless they want to do it themselves. So where does that leave you? In […]
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Today we’re sharing a simple yet powerful model we’ve been using to help our clients work through the process of change. It’s called the Awareness Acceptance Action Model, and it’s a framework or continuum with three stages. Moving through each stage will help you experience a different response in any given situation so that you […]
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Recently, we’ve coached a number of people leaders who’ve received feedback from their upline managers around the importance of building their personal brand. We thought it would be interesting to talk about how to build your reputation from a perspective of building relationships.Download Mp3SUBSCRIBE HERE:Email | iTunes | Stitcher | Subscribe on Android | Player.fm […]
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When we think of a playbook, we think of a strategy or plan used in a team sport. In this podcast, we’re talking about how you can create your own personal playbook. It’s a useful tool that helps purposeful leaders focus their efforts when they’re going into or have come out of a project or […]
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If you’ve been following People Leaders a while, you’ll know we’re all about optimising your team’s performance and effectiveness. We like to explore ways in which we can help you, and we love hearing what leading-edge thinkers have to say. This week, we’re looking at the work of organisational health expert Patrick Lencioni and the […]
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How To Create A Values Based Personal Development Plan SocialValues are at our very core. They guide our behaviour and what we stand for. But how often do we really focus on them? We recently re-read The Power of Full Engagement (see below for details), and it reconfirmed to us just how important values are. […]
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Performance conversations are extremely important in your job as a manager. A fundamental part of your role is giving feedback to improve your teams’ effectiveness as well as helping each member develop their skills and career. In this podcast we’re looking at the four broad performance categories: Underperformers, Average to good performers, High performers and […]
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These days a lot of people, particularly high performers and senior leaders, enjoy the benefits that coaching and mentoring provide. This podcast and post looks at a resource we offer our clients that delivers a framework to help mentors and coaches direct session discussions. Though you don’t have to follow it to the word, just […]
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At the beginning of the year, our clients all share a keen interest in putting their plans into place, identifying objectives and rolling out the strategic plan. One of the key steps in this strategic planning process is a stakeholder analysis. We’re going to step you through a very simple – yet very effective – […]
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In our last podcast, we introduced you to the idea of team-based planning and its many benefits. To recap, it’s an activity most commonly carried out at the beginning of the year (or whenever a refresh is required), and it’s guaranteed to bring clarity, focus and direction to your team. Team-based planning gets everyone on […]
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