The first thing I want to say about this particular transition is that it’s difficult… perhaps even the most difficult entree into Management you can experience (and also one of the most common). Why is it so hard? Why do so many mess it up and alienate their former team-mates? Why do so many new managers attempt …
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The transition from team mate to team leader – why so many get it wrong.
Posted 30/04/2013 By Sean in MANAGEMENT With | No Comments -
Transformational Leaders – the time is NOW.
Posted 26/04/2013 By Sean in CHANGE MANAGEMENT, LEADERSHIP With | No CommentsTransformational Leaders – the time is NOW. Organisations and teams are grappling with ever increasing complexity, rates and scales of change, ongoing ambiguity and economic uncertainty. Teams are overloaded, managers are frazzled, people are fearful and organisations are battening down the hatches and reducing spending and overheads. It’s a difficult climate right now and people and their …
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It’s coaching, but not as you know it.
Posted By Sean in MANAGEMENT With | No CommentsI’ve been delivering coaching services in a variety of forms for the past 7 or 8 years and I’ve got a dirty little secret. My first foray into coaching was the (then) newly emerging Life Coaching arena. I was taught good process and met some fantastic people. After my first few attempts at ‘Life Coaching’ …
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Passion in Action
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What Teams Need
Posted 16/04/2013 By Sean in LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, TEAM BUILDING With | No CommentsDo you know what your teams need from you? It’s pretty simple really. Purpose – a clear understanding of why they’re actually a team. Priorities – there’s always too much to do, make sure your teams know which things matter most. Roles – yep, just like a football team has players performing different roles …
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Team Development – even more essential in difficult times
Posted 09/04/2013 By Sean in EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT, GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR PEOPLE, LEADERSHIP With | No CommentsTeam-Development – even more essential in difficult times. I believe it’s more essential for several reasons. In difficult times the team needs it more. Under pressure the cracks appear (or get bigger). You get a greater return on your investment. Often costs less to do. Sends a crystal clear message that your people matter to …
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Biggest Loser Trainer Get’s Wrong… or does she?
Posted 25/03/2013 By Sean in GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR PEOPLE With | 2 Comments -
Would you survive the Game of Thrones?
Posted 21/03/2013 By Sean in INSPIRATION With | No CommentsAs the third season of HBO’s epic fantasy series ‘The Game of Thrones’ looms closer to our tv screens it got me to wondering. ”How would I have coped in that sort of environment?” Let’s unpack the show for a bit. There’s a clear divide between those with resources and those who ARE the resources. There are megalomaniacal dictators, …
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Career Planning Simplified
Posted By Sean in YOUR CAREER With | No CommentsCareer planning is the process by which you take stock of your interests, skills, wants and needs and make plans as to how you can identify and attain work that aligns with them. It’s been my experience that most people spend more time planning their annual holiday than they do thinking about and planning their …
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6 Reasons We Resist Organisational Change
Posted 10/03/2013 By Sean in CHANGE MANAGEMENT With | No CommentsThere’s a saying. ”A change is as good as a holiday”. In some circumstances that’s certainly true. However in my experience working in organisational change, as a practitioner of change or as a participant in the chance, this does not appear to be a shared belief. I hear terms like ‘change resistance’, ‘change fatigue’ …
