Category: Improvement
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The Business Cap = The Leadership Cap
Have you found that your business is not growing like it used too? Have you found that the number of employees, your revenue, or your customer base has peaked? Nothing seems to be broken, sales are still good, relationships with stakeholders are positive; but the growth is not there or hasn’t been for a while.…
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Are You Preparing for Change?
Individually, and for our businesses, change is just around the corner, or it is happening right now. We could try and put our head in the sand and pretend it won’t happen, but unfortunately it will. We just have to look to yesterday, last week, last month, or last year, and see the progressive nature…
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Are You Reaching Toward Your Potential?
Last time I shared on the habits we are forming at this time in isolation, and the challenges in forming and breaking bad habits when it comes to an end. But habits in general have the potential to make or break us. Think about those goals in our personal and working lives, and what habits…
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What are Your Current Habits
We are finding ourselves in unusual times; working from home, out-of-work waiting for new opportunities, waiting for the restrictions to be lifted. Our days are different from what we were experiencing two months ago. We probably have spare time from not having to travel to work, or if we are not working, too much time…
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Developing others
I am currently in the stages of writing a book on leadership traits. One characteristic I have identified is Developing Others. Many businesses say leadership development is important, but this usually receives the least amount of effort and resources because the return on investment is not as evident or timely as other processes or projects. …
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What are the “Values” (Part 2)
In Part 1, I discussed how I had recently observed some organisations revising their values based on the need to feel fresh or because someone external to the business thought it was a good idea. I also mentioned that the previous values of these businesses were not wrong but reflected the essential characteristics and culture…
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Visionary
What do you picture in your mind when I say the word “visionary”? What words or images are summoned, or who do you think of at the mention of the word? Maybe it is someone like Steve Jobs or Elon Musk? And you would be right, both have clearly displayed creative, inventive and even prophetic…
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Evolving or Revolving
While the year is still young, I am determined to encourage you to reflect on and assess where you are in your personal walk/career, as well as the state of your business. Are you planning to evolve and grow, keeping up with or ahead of the market, diversifying or changing direction if needed? Or are…
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Tools, Strategies & Methodologies to Improve Business Processes (Part 3)
Over the last couple of months, I have shared some of the key requirements for businesses to improve and succeed (Read up on Part 1 here, and Part 2 here). This month I will share the last of the strategies and methods for business improvement. Having seen, and knowing by experience what works effectively within…
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Tools, Strategies & Methodologies to Improve Business Processes (Part 2)
Last month in Part 1, I shared on some of those tools that are integral to an organisation’s needs. They evolve around the systems that help to manage many of the things a business does. These need to be sound and well managed or the rest is a waste of time. This month I will…