If you lead a business, a team, or even a single project, you’ve probably noticed something:Your ability to lead others is limited by your ability to lead yourself. It doesn’t matter how strong your strategy is.It doesn’t matter how good your team is.It doesn’t matter how much experience you’ve accumulated. […]
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Why leadership—not strategy—is your biggest growth lever You’ve built something special. Your business has a point of difference. Clients like what you do. Your reputation is growing. And yet… you’re straining to grow. Profits are flat—or worse, slipping. Your best employees are getting frustrated. The high performers you want to
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You probably already have a “leadership team.” Most established businesses do.You meet regularly, discuss the issues, and make decisions — yet somehow, growth feels stuck.The same problems keep resurfacing, and the CEO still feels like the bottleneck. Sound familiar? It’s because many businesses have a group of leaders, but not
Want to hear my Coaching Story? Prosper Taruvinga from The Online Prosperity Show on the episode titled: The Secret Leadership BluePrint! It was such fun having a thought provoking conversation in which we discussed: 🔸 growing up in Africa 🔸 getting married twice to the same person 🔸 coaching rugby
As a business coach, one of the most common issues I encounter with my clients is a lack of effective time management. Many entrepreneurs and business owners feel overwhelmed by the constant stream of tasks and responsibilities that come with running a business, and struggle to prioritise and manage their
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As a business owner, you’re probably used to keeping the firmest possible grasp on every aspect of your organisation. Yet this is a problem – or several problems – when it’s time to grow. How can you expand without losing control of essential functions? Who do you trust to take
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There’s nothing more important to a growing business than the quality and timeliness of decision-making. Yet how do you know if you are making optimum decisions? Who is actually making them? How do you decide who decides? When you drill down into your business decision-making process, it may be murkier
Who is (or Should be) Making Key Decisions in Your Business? Read More »
It is bad to fail, yeah? Especially at work or in your business? Should we feel that failure is shameful, demonstrates you, your team or your organisation aren’t good enough? Well what if I told you that we can use failure to be much more successful than you have ever
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Are you an old hand leader but keen to learn more about how leadership is changing or you’re someone who is starting your leadership journey and realising how complex yet fascinating the journey is? I believe the best way to learn is to read, reflect, discuss and give a few
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Ever wondered why you keep hearing about coaching and what all the fuss is about? This article in Business News outlines what it is about Coaching that is driving the huge demand for Business, Executive, Team, Career or Life Coaches. Firstly the article defines what is a professional coach: “an
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To quote Chanel Cumberbatch “A coach is like a partner, while a consultant is more like an advisor.” This is something to keep in mind when you’re deciding where you should start your search for someone to help and guide you to make your business exceptional. When you are doing
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Do you agree that your employee’s are your business’ key asset? Your employees are also likely to be your largest cost base. So focusing on improving that asset in your business makes sense when you think of it that way. So how can you assist your key asset to meet
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“Life changing, completely life changing” – that is what I was thinking after finishing this book. It was recommended by my Executive Coach Jill Livesey My key take-aways were: To change habits we need to focus on our identity. If you identify as a non-smoker then you will be a
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As a business or in life we grow and develop ourselves over time, sometimes quickly during a spurt or slower at other times. Do we know, without some guidance, how to improve ourselves or our business at the speed which is sustainable for ourselves, our clients and the planet? Also
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Daniel Goleman’s research on Leadership resulted in defining six different styles of leadership and showed that an individual can exhibit more than one style, in fact a good leader can use different styles in different contexts with different people or teams. That said most leaders have a default leadership style
What is the optimal leadership style for an owner/CEO of a medium sized business? Read More »
It may come as no surprise that a business with 5 employees has to be led differently to a business with 350 employees. Not only is the complexity of the number of relationships vastly different but also the design of the business has a lot more clients plus usually a
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This is the book that kicked me off on my next phase of learning. It is inspirational to people like me who had spent a lot of time in traditional universities or large corporations. This was an awakening, thankfully 7 years ago which has lead me to where I am
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