Success in life, in leadership and in business requires courage. And we all have courage within us, but we tend to think of courage in the extremes, and that perception can weaken our ability to achieve our potential. Courage enables…
When Should I Choose Not To Fight?
In business, as a leader, you must be able to decide when to ask your business to step forward, to withdraw or not enter, or to rest. These are strategic decisions but what is more important is the thinking that…
Who Are Your Most Valuable Employees?
There likely exists within your leadership team a ‘mental map’ of how people within your business should be viewed. A framework that views some people as being more valuable than others, whose roles are considered vital and who are seen…
13 Actions That Degrade Business Performance
The role of leadership is to bring the forefront the combined talent and effort of every person who works within and with their business. In this lies competitive strength and business performance. And often, the starting point to improving that…
Strategy Requires An Objective
Often there is much activity within a business that results in no forward movement; in fact, it takes the business backwards. Activity described as strategy is futile without the presence of a coherent objective. Vague statements of growth, new markets…