A recent survey that I invited those on my mailing list to take identified that getting promoted was a key area of importance. So if you are in this group, what can you do to get promoted to the next level?

1. Find out what it takes to succeed at the next level.
2. Make a long list of all of your achievements to date in terms of your career.
3. Target your applications to roles that you have the greatest chance of getting.
4. Give your CV a makeover so that it really sells your achievements.
5. Get your interview skills honed so that you perform exceptionally well.
6. Get the support you need to get the result you want. A small investment now might just make a huge difference to the long term return that you get.

Duncan Brodie of Goals and Achievements helps accountants and health professionals to achieve success and realize their professional potential through being highly effective leaders and managers. For more information and to sign up for his free audio e-course click here

Ever noticed how much a challenge it seems when people are asked to present.  There are of course many things that contribute to successfully getting our message across but in my experience their is one big barrier that gets in the way.  Watch this 2 minute video to find out what.

If you have enjoyed the video and have some insights of your own, why not leave a comment.

Duncan Brodie of Goals and Achievements helps professional people to breakthrough the glass ceiling and realise their profesional potential.

A key part of leading is winning hearts and minds of others.

So how can you have more influence as a leader?

1. Be clear on the outcome that you want to achieve.
2. Take the time to consider the objections that might be raised.
3. Respond to the objections raised only once you have clarity about the objections – in other words, listen.
4. Take the time to explain to those impacted by your decisions what you have decided and why.

The truth is that simple changes can make big differences to the results you achieve when it comes to influencing.

Duncan Brodie of Goals and Achievements helps accountants and health professionals to achieve success and realize their professional potential through being highly effective leaders and managers. For more information and to sign up for his free audio e-course click here

As a leader, you want to achieve great results. Right?

So what are 5 keys that can help you to achieve better results as a leader?

Key 1:
• Getting clear on the result that you want to achieve.

Key 2:

• Getting the insights from others who can help you to achieve the results you want.

Key 3:

• Involving others in the decision process.

Key 4:

• Building a good team around you and getting them to do what they do best.

Key 5:

• Being ready to adapt and be flexible when things are not going to plan.

I wonder what else you would add to the list?

Duncan Brodie of Goals and Achievements helps accountants and health professionals to achieve success and realize their professional potential through being highly effective leaders and managers. For more information and to sign up for his free audio e-course click here

Trait 1:
• Being a control freak and needing to be involved in everything.

Trait 2:

• Not clearly setting out your expectations of others.

Trait 3:

• Avoiding taking action and procrastinating excessively before taking decisions.

Trait 4:

• Passing the buck when things go wrong rather than taking responsibility.

Trait 5:

• Not giving feedback to others on how they are doing.

Trait 6:

• Dealing with performance issues publicly rather than privately.

Trait 7:

• Not following up when you have asked someone to deliver something.

What else would you add to the list?

Duncan Brodie of Goals and Achievements helps accountants and health professionals to achieve success and realize their professional potential through being highly effective leaders and managers. For more information and to sign up for his free audio e-course click here

If you are reading this, the chances are that you are already a good manager and want to be an even better manager.

So what can you do?

1. Believe in yourself as a manager and don’t let doubt stop you from taking action.
2. Cut yourself some slack and recognise that you don’t need to be great at everything.
3. Learn how to invest your time wisely so that you don’t become overloaded.
4. Find out the strengths of your team and start to utilise them.
5. Start listening more to the feedback from others so that you don’t get surprises too often.
6. Make managing something you make time for rather than viewing as an optional extra.
7. Keep developing yourself.

At the end of the day, some simple changes can make an huge impact.

Duncan Brodie of Goals and Achievements helps accountants and health professionals to achieve success and realize their professional potential through being highly effective leaders and managers. For more information and to sign up for his free audio e-course click here

If you are a manager, aspiring manager, leader or aspiring leader, I am guessing that you are always on the lookout for your next career progression opportunity.

On the other hand, you might find that you are not getting promoted to the next level even though you think you are ready.

So what might be stopping you?

You are applying for the wrong roles
• It is tempting when you are ready to progress to the next level to apply randomly for posts. A much better strategy is to be highly targeted with your applications.

You are not showing the relevance of your experience to the job

• Employers are seeking evidence as to how your experience fits the role. Try to use examples to illustrate this.

You are not highlighting achievements

• Too often I see CVs that talk a lot about the job and very little about achievements. Focus on highlighting your achievements.

You don’t sell yourself

• Most of us don’t like to blow our own trumpet, especially us folks in the UK. At the same time, if you don’t sell what you have to offer, how can you ever expect to land the job?

You don’t prepare enough

• Having interviewed hundreds of people over the years, what surprised me most was that people are so ill prepared. If you are not willing to invest a sizeable block of time in preparing for your next role, it may be that you just don’t want it enough.

Duncan Brodie of Goals and Achievements helps accountants and health professionals to achieve success and realize their professional potential through being highly effective leaders and managers. For more information and to sign up for his free audio e-course click here

One of the things that most managers and leaders find a struggle is to get everything done in the time that they have available.

So if you need to boost and improve your personal productivity to get better results, check out the short video below and then leave a comment with your best tips.

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If you are managing a team of people, I am guessing that you want to do it well.

Being more effective as a manager is partly down to understanding what employees want from managers.

This includes:

1. Clarity about what is expected of employees.
2. Regular feedback on how they are performing and particularly the things that they are doing well.
3. Support and encouragement to help the employees progress their careers and get the best from their roles.
4. Challenge and the opportunity to grow and develop.

What else would you add to the list?

Duncan Brodie of Goals and Achievements helps accountants and health professionals to achieve success and realize their professional potential through being highly effective leaders and managers. For more information and to sign up for his free audio e-course click here

I recently had the opportunity to interview Joan Henshaw as part of a Virtual Leadership Telesummit.

Joan very kindly shared with me her thoughts to Skyrocketing Your Management Confidence.

One of the things that really struck a chord with me was what she shared around beliefs. During her call, she said that what she noticed was that:

1. Managers often felt that they did not have the right to manage.
2. Sometimes managers felt that people did not want to be managed.
3. Managers needed to be perfect at the everything.

Reflecting on these three things, it struck me that if we go around carrying these beliefs, it is no wonder that some managers struggle to be confident in their role.

So what other beliefs are you holding that are stopping you from being a highly effective manager?

Make a note of these and then really challenge whether they are true or just things you are making up.

Duncan Brodie of Goals and Achievements helps accountants and health professionals to achieve success and realize their professional potential through being highly effective leaders and managers. For more information and to sign up for his free audio e-course click here