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New ‘4 Leaders’ podcast
Grab a coffee and take ten minutes to listen to the latest tips and tools to help you mentor, manage and lead, in our first ‘4 Leaders’ podcast.
This show revisits one of the topics we are constantly asked about: Just how do you make sure your people do all of their job, not just the bits they enjoy. It features seven things to focus on so your people do what needs to be done, not just the interesting bits of their job.
After you have listened, please share your own tips for getting people to do all the things they need to do as part of their role, by posting a comment.
“New idea” Quote
“A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man’s brow.”
Charles Brower, 1959
Smart leaders nurture and encourage new ideas, whatever their source. Are you listening to unlikely sources as well as your usual advisors?
Less tells more
There’s an amusing video doing the rounds comparing the simplicity of Apple’s iPod packaging to how Microsoft would package it. If you haven’t seen it yet have a look at it by clicking here:
However, while I was watching it I couldn’t help but reflect on how easy it is to lose our leadership message in much the same way.
When we lose focus on the essence of our vision and start adding all the details that seem necessary at the time, it is easy to communicate less rather than more.
It has been said that the success of strategy lies in what we say no to, rather than what we do do. Likewise as a leader, consistent communication of our core vision and values can have more impact and power than detailed directions.
“Heros” Quote
“Everyone who does the best they can do is a hero.”
Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw) (1815-1885)
Are you recognising all the heros on your team?
Great news
In late October we were awarded a prestigious grant by the Telematics Foundation of the Victorian Government to make our leadership programs available to a global audience via the internet and related technologies. Very exciting!
Since then we’ve been burning the midnight oil building the infrastructure that will allow us to work with you – wherever you are located – in new and exciting ways.
It’s not quite ready yet for unveiling but if you want to be the first to hear all about it subscribe to our newsletter, Leading Well, or to the RSS feed for this blog.
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