“All of my day goes in meetings!” I commonly hear these words, or similar refrains, when working with clients in a coaching context. The sub-text is “I cant get anything done because meetings prevent me from doing my work” and a sense that “I have no control over this”. It doesn’t have to be that […]
In both the coaching and consulting environments I am often approached by individuals or organisations to support them in resolving a particular issue confronting them. A foremost question in my mind is always, “Are they focussed on the right thing?” The tendency is for people to focus on the issue or behaviours that are right in […]
Very early in my career a manager of mine said to me “Everything has a dollar consequence and it is everyone’s responsibility to be a financial manager and use resources well”. That statement and the truth of his words has stayed with me always. Many times over the years, including recently while working with two […]
The purpose of this post is to provide some insight to how the Life Styles Inventory ™ (LSI) developed by Human Synergistics International can assist individuals in measuring their level of effectiveness in the work place. THE LSI is one of a number of diagnostic tools available to test behavioural styles and strengths. In my experience working with leadership teams […]
I read a wide variety of material on leadership and am sometimes troubled by the fact, that nearly all of it, focuses solely on the responsibilities of chief executives and senior managers in organisations. I am also often confronted by dialogue within organisations and from individuals about leadership failings in their workplace. Invariably the fault is attributed, […]