Here’s how it usually goes: everyone shows up, updates get given, nobody argues, the meeting wraps early. It feels like a good meeting. It’s actually the first sign your leadership team is quietly falling apart and Patrick Lencioni’s The Five Dysfunctions of a Team names exactly why. Here’s what each […]
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As your business grows, leadership becomes less about doing—and more about thinking. Yet most business owners never make that shift. They focus on: Fixing team performance Driving results Solving problems faster But overlook the one factor shaping all of it: How they show up as a leader. In businesses with
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And why delaying it costs growth, team development, and client experience There’s a moment in every growing business where what used to work suddenly doesn’t. The founder can no longer be in every decision. Informal conversations stop being enough. Good people start pulling in different directions — not because they
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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
The age old question: how to deliver the product or service that your customer needs or wants at the right time? I’ll respond by asking a further question: Is your team on the front lines empowered to make decisions? I mean the decisions that will genuinely meet the needs of
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Teams that have a big impact on business performance like the Board, Leadership Team, Management or Operational teams, don’t just become high performing unless the team have collaborated themselves to create clarity, structure and confirmed the boundaries for the team. So what are the structures and boundaries needed? Creating structure,
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Leaders almost always also lead a team, whether that is an Executive Leadership team, a Management team or or a team of workers. So what do you do if you absolutely know or have a good feeling that your team isn’t working together, they are pulling in different directions or
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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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I’ve been asked many times “do Agile teams have detailed plans?” and my answer is “it depends”, yes definitely detailed plans for the next sprint though less detail for future sprint and less again for future increments of time. The degree of reduction of detail depends on the product, delivery
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The COVID-19 pandemic and associated snap lock-downs has taught us many things including that in business, most organisations need to be able to adapt quickly to significant change and there is a need to be resilient when significant disruptions occur. Many organisations believe that to change their way or working
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With COVID’s significant disruption over the last 18 months, most organisations are reflecting on how they work. It is worth considering focusing on creating a network of teams in your organisation. In 2016, Forbes published an article, from research by Deloitte, on the benefits of team focused organisations including: Shared
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