January 06, 2011
Leadership in Sports is interesting to watch and incredibly volatile. If your team is doing well, people love the captain and believe he/she must be doing a great job. In contrast when your team is losing, people are looking to blame and the blame generally falls fair and square on the leaders shoulders! But is […]
Read MoreDecember 13, 2010
Not sure about you but I think this year went really fast. Though it did lag a little for me during one of the coldest and longest winters that Melbourne has experienced for a number of years. Changes came thick and fast throughout the year from the change in Government in Australia to the change […]
Read MoreNovember 27, 2010
There is nothing more frustrating in business when people are just not pulling their weight. After you have clearly defined what they need to do, believe they know how to do it and they just don't! And then come the excuses as to why things have not been done as they should. It's always someone […]
Read MoreNovember 23, 2010
The final leadership style we’ll be exploring is the free-reign leadership style, also known as the “hands-off¨ style. It is one in which the leader provides little or no direction and gives employees as much freedom as possible, even though the leader is responsible for the final outcome. All authority or power is given to […]
Read MoreNovember 22, 2010
The democratic leadership style is also called the participative style as it encourages employees to be a part of the decision making. However, the leader maintains the final decision making authority. This style of leadership is more accepted and certainly encouraged in today’s work environment. People today are much more savvy and don’t take kindly […]
Read MoreNovember 22, 2010
Following on from our blog on November 3rd, todays post explains autocratic leadership and the pro's and con's of this style of leadership. There is certainly still a place for this style of leadership. That may or may not surprise you and it is more prevalent than you may think. Of course, it is required […]
Read MoreNovember 22, 2010
I was watching my niece and nephew play together this weekend. They are 6 and 4 respectively. Their interaction is so beautiful. If they like something they say it, if they don’t like something they’ll say it and give you a good reason as to why! If they don’t want to do something they will […]
Read MoreNovember 08, 2010
David Parkin, former Carlton Premiership Coach and his business partner Paul Bourke delivered a fantastic talk at a networking event I went to last week. It was called "Captain – Coach Leadership". Parkin, as he does, spoke very passionately even at 8am in the morning! It was inspirational and it got me thinking about the […]
Read MoreNovember 08, 2010
Not sure what it is at the moment but there seems to be a lot of conflict happening around the place. There is unavoidable conflict within the workplace, in relationships and in service exchange. After all, you have different personalities with differing sets of values, goals and beliefs interacting with each other. Conflict is inevitable […]
Read MoreNovember 08, 2010
And that it is, an epidemic of great proportions. Procrastination, which leads to self-loathing, frustration, surrender. And it’s worldwide. The dictionary meaning – delay or postpone action, to put off doing something. One of the biggest distinctions for participants of the the recent Distinctive Leadership ‘Goal Setting’ workshop was the need to take action to […]
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