How to Strike the Right Balance in Your Leadership Effectiveness
How to Strike the Right Balance in Your Leadership Effectiveness What is your natural, tempting go-to response when under pressure in a leadership position? Exert more power? Withdraw? Give room for your people to figure things out? Executives have a difficult job to do. Each day, they must balance competing demands, face numerous uncertainties, whilst taking
Happy Leaders = Happy Employees
Leaders, stop being so hard on yourselves. We are living unprecedented times and COVID fatigue and burnout is seriously threatening the health and wellbeing of all. People are reaching the end of their ability to motivate themselves, and that is a very serious matter for any leader. I am also witnessing so many of you
Inspire Your People with Clarity and Simplicity
LEADERS, YOU MAY BE OVERDOING IT… HERE’S WHY Leaders are always looking for ways to inspire and motivate their people to drive results, stay engaged and give their best. In wanting to navigate the ongoing rapid changes and disruptions in the arena of global business, I often get asked by my clients how they
Leadership Is a Balancing Art
Leadership is a Balancing Act I remember years ago when I was asked to head Revenue Management, starting from scratch, in a hotel and a team that had never heard of it. As methodical as it may seemed, I soon realised that Revenue Management was both a science and an art, and it was the
Leading with Resilience
Getting through the next stages of the pandemic may be the toughest leadership challenge of all. Leading when you and your team are feeling foggy, cranky and fatigued is not easy. Your ongoing efforts may be met with scepticism and annoyance, and there are few who may still have some battery left to strategize for
Most Leaders Are Afraid of This Question
“But if I get someone ready to take on my role, I’ll be let go”. I guess that’s just a risk we all face, whether we develop our people to eventually take over our role or not. What could also happen, and one of the key factors of my success when I worked in hotels,
THE IMPORTANCE OF CONFIDENCE IN LEADERSHIP
Do you find it difficult to make tough decisions? Do you second guess yourself? Are you able to decisively address conflict within your teams or peers? Do you feel threatened by other people’s performance at work? Can you comfortably lead meetings with authority? Are you open to give – and receive – both positive and
HOW TO DEAL WITH UNCERTAINTY
HOW TO DEAL WITH UNCERTAINTY Do you want to feel comfortable being uncomfortable? Then read on! Now, on the topic of DEALING WITH UNCERTAINTY… Most humans generally crave certainty, and yet we have to live with constant uncertainty. In organizations, uncertain comes in two kinds: prediction uncertainty and decision uncertainty. Prediction uncertainty comes from operating
Women in Business: Why Thailand Is a Success Story in Women Leadership
Key Takeaways from Women Leading Businesses in Thailand Last week, I was invited to attend an event organised by the Embassy of the Netherlands – Women in Business: Why Thailand is a success story in women leadership. This was a blended in person / virtual event, and the takeaways were so great, I wanted to
LEADERS – STOP AVOIDING THE BIG ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
LEADERS – STOP TIPTOEING AROUND THE BIG ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM! We all do it – some more than others. An important topic, a big decision, a difficult question, or controversial issue that everyone knows about but nobody mentions or discusses because it makes people feel uncomfortable or afraid. This is one of the biggest
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