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Leadership values underpin the decisions and actions you make each day. Executive Coaching can help you identify these values and apply them to your decision making. My top five values to improve performance are;   Vision and Innovation Good leaders have vision in which they see the future more clearly than others, and before others. Business leaders should continually generate new ideas and explore ways to grow their business, a process that requires innovative thinking. According to HBR innovation gives businesses an edge, helping them penetrate markets faster, enabling business growth. Making innovation a shared belief has to go far beyond appointing an innovation lead or developing an innovation dashboard. It requires thinking about innovation in everything you do. It requires not accepting mediocrity and making sure that every offering, big or small enhances a customer experience in a meaningful way. Authenticity Authenticity is essential in creating employee loyalty...

  Leaders have a lot of responsibilities and they mostly follow a set pattern to fulfill them. Although you might not have sufficient time to change the way you do things, leadership coaching is something that you certainly shouldn’t miss out on. It does not necessarily mean that you need to completely transform your leadership style; rather it entails learning new strategies for the betterment of the organisation and your own self. Leadership coaching is concerned with the teaching of executive and managerial skills so that the trainee can become a better and effective leader. Some people are born with the qualities of a leader and others generally grow into this role. No matter which category you belong to, there are certainly scopes of improvement in leadership style and honing skills. Here are the major benefits of leadership coaching for you. You will gain a fresh outlook.    As a leader, you may understandably be caught up in the concerns of your organisation t...

Embracing Team Diversity  As businesses continue to face global challenges the need for increased critical thinking and problem solving are essential. Having diverse teams will allow you to see many different points of view and challenge old ways of thinking.  The key is to have a functioning diverse team where people are included and fully engaged so all voices are heard. Many structural changes need to take place to increase diversity and inclusion within organisations. It is also important to know that all levels of the organisation have the power to make a difference.  Building plans to facilitate the inclusion of team members and draw out those diverse ideas should be a focus over the next month so that you can enter the New Year with a renewed vigour and resilience. Align Purpose Keep people connected to the purpose – why we are here and what is really important? Select people based on the diverse characteristics needed to help move that purpose forward. I...

It seems like a lifetime since I ran the last management team retreat back in 2019. With 2020 and the first half of 2021 being a write off, it has been a pleasant surprise to see businesses not only enquiring, but booking management development retreats. It makes sense, for a lot of businesses, the changing dynamics of working, the lack of personal interaction, has meant many businesses have lost touch with what the businesses goals and objectives were. Equally, those changing dynamics have invariably led to a refresh of those goals and objectives. People have been impacted by the pandemic and need to re-engage and put some perspective back into what they are doing. The retreat that I offer has been built around building team empowerment, creating effective solutions to business issues, learning and understanding each member of the team, what motivates them, and actions that are contracted to be delivered over the agreed period, with check in's to ensure the delivery of those contr...

          It's hard to imagine the pressures that our athletes feel and experience. Imagine that you have qualified for the Olympics, your dream and ambitions look like being realised, you put everything into the preparation, bringing yourself to the peak of physical and mental fitness, only to be told you'll have to wait another 12 months before you can compete in something you have been spending the last four years preparing for. Athletes from all sports have three "stressors" they have to deal with on an ongoing basis, they are, Competitive stressors - These come in many forms, injuries or the return of an injury is common, particularly as you near the event, you are prepared and ready, but in the back of your mind, that niggle, that strain or pulled muscle is niggling you and causing doubt. You're in front of a large crowd and you want to perform at your best for them as well as for yourself and your team, but if you have a bad day, the abuse you're sur...

My first venture to China was in 1993 when I visited Ningbo, flying in from Shanghai and taking what was then a 4 hour journey. What struck me most back then was the hierarchy of management and the lack of respect for its employees. Over the next ten years I would have two short stints of living in the Country with multiple visits and in 2012 set up business in both Hong Kong and Shanghai. The change in that time was incredible, try and employ people now in Shanghai or other cities in the Country and you face challenges not dissimilar to the UK or USA. Coaching is still a foreign concept to the Chinese even though it is slowly becoming more accepted. One can even say that coaching, and the concept of coaching, has the potential to create transformational thinking and enhance leadership. It can provide an effective leadership model. There are many proven benefits of being Coached well, business leaders can enhance their ability to make bold decisions, stretch their capabilities and be...

"I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job". Samuel Goldwyn How difficult and lonely it becomes to so often hear the “Yes” from most of your colleagues and teams, and to be subjected to only false praises, not being able to see through, as to exactly what’s working and what’s not. Modern day leaders are the one's who inspires and motivate their team towards higher accomplishments. They value their own need to continuously learn and grow, they cannot be a person who feels threatened to receive harmless suggestion or critical opinion. While it’s understandable for subordinates to feel reluctant at times in suggesting that their emperor is wearing no clothes, it’s for the organisation and for the leaders to have a circle of reliable critics who genuinely care for them and for the organisation’s well-being. It’s not about a formal appraisal or a 360-degree performance review, but a regular dialogue with...