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Team Leadership: 4 Common Mistakes That Stifle Performance
As a leader you recognise that more can be achieved collectively than you could individually. Yet in my experience, leaders often make mistakes that stifle rather than encourage performance. Are you making one or more of these mistakes? Mistake 1: Holding on to things out of habit rather than neccessity. Mistake 2: Playing at pretend […]
Continue reading5 Limitations of Just Measuring Financial Performance
It is after the event and historical It is rarely real time It is subject to accounting rules which can lead you to believe that you are doing okay (because you are in profit) when you don’t have cash to meet obligations Money by itself creates nothing. It is what you do with it that […]
Continue readingMotivating In Difficult Times
A pay freeze or even a pay cut is not unusual in tough economic times. Given this situation it might seem that it is impossible to motivate people. Yet study after study tells us that money alone is rarely a motivator in the long term. So what are the alternatives: Praise people regularly Say thank […]
Continue readingThe Apprentice: Series 5: Week 7
We reached week 7 of The Apprentice last night. This week the teams were required to select two products from a choice of 12 and sell them into retailers. The teams were led by Mona (Empire) and Lorraine (Ignite). Sir Alan made it crystal clear that he was expecting everybody to sell. On Ignite only 2 […]
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