Why we all need to start thinking, and acting, ‘like a boss’

start thinking like a boss

I have a question for every professional reading this: Do you consider yourself a leader? If your answer to that was “No”, it might be time to re-think how you approach your job and your career. Acting like a leader should not just be left to managers and senior leaders. Personally, I’ve never been a…

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Business scenarios: the most important leadership strengths

The most important leadership strengths for four different business scenarios

The most important leadership strengths for four different business scenarios A politician achieves mass popularity due to a strong vision of the future, but fails to deliver on key promises. A football coach leads a struggling team to victory, but gets fired the next season as the team can’t maintain their winning streak. A manager…

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Cultivate a visionary leadership on a daily basis

cultivate visionary leadership

How to cultivate visionary leadership on a daily basis? ‘You’ve got to think about big things while you’re doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.’ – Alvin Toffler As leaders, sometimes we can become so busy with our heads down, getting things done, that we can forget to…

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How to bridge the leadership gap

Mid the gap

When I think about the recent spate of leadership changes in some high profile cases, it makes me wonder: how effectively are organisations mapping their leadership strategies to the contextual environment that we are experiencing in Australia and New Zealand right now? By that I mean share prices going up and down, trading environments changing…

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The impact of gender on leadership styles

Genders in leadership

Gender and its affect on leadership is a continual talking point amongst our clients. Reviewing the characteristics of male and female emerging leaders has revealed some interesting insights. All percentages and statistics in this infographic are sourced from the data for 2013 and 2014 relating to Identifying Tomorrow’s Leaders Today: Determining The Differences That Matter.…

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