The Importance of Knowing Your Brand at the Core.
There’s no secret that your Personal Brand is the strongest currency you have to deal with. Full stop. And yet this can be one of the biggest casualties of busy. Your Personal Brand is all about how others perceive you and this is by how you position yourself, your actions, words, non actions and the […]
It Came in Like a Wrecking Ball to Destroy Your Personal Brand.
Personal Brand is the strongest currency you have to deal with in business. It can make or break your career, your leadership and your reputation. So are you aware of the implications that being busy can have on your brand? A leader needs to be the architect of their brand. A strong personal brand is […]
The Leadership Template Explained – Attitude
Ever heard the saying, ‘Your attitude is your altitude?’ Your attitude determines your ability to succeed. It determines how you respond to challenges, change and deal with difficulties. Are you a ‘glass half full’ or a ‘glass half empty’ person? Attitude is something everyone can see in you. It’s visible through your actions and your […]
Is the Foundation to Your Leadership Rock Solid?
In the past, we’ve been encouraged to identify a successful leader and incorporate their success strategies for our own benefit. We’ve had the benefit of historical data that was still relevant to the future. We had the luxury of simply being able to tweak or change to ensure these strategies worked even better for us. […]
Why We Can’t Fake It Anymore.
“Good judgment comes from experience, experience comes from bad judgment” ~ Jim Horning I’d be very surprised if throughout your career or business you had been offered the advice of ‘fake it till you make it’. This advice I never really understood. I still don’t. In fact now I think it’s the worst advice you […]
Lead, Don’t Please.
“I can’t tell you the key to success but the key to failure is trying to please everyone.” Ed Sheeren As Peter Drucker said “The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer”. There’s no one you should be trying to please in business other than your clients. Your clients drive your cash […]
Business, Careers and the Jungle Gym.
“Sometimes a change in perspective is all it takes to see the light.” Dan Brown There’s a real misconception about business and career progression. The common expectation is that it’s an upward trajectory. To be considered a success, we must climb and grow significantly year on year. I mean let’s face it, we’d all love […]
Captain, Coach, Leader.
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” John Quincy Adams My last blog focused on the success of a team. The question was raised about the role of the coach or leader of that team and if I could expand on this. While […]
Controlling the Uncontrollable
“Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.” Benjamin Disraeli I had an experience this week where I was trying to control something I couldn’t. At the very least I could influence it but even then I was having no luck. And it was driving me crazy! Being someone who […]
It’s Murder on the Dance floor.
“Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better.” ~ Jim Rohn There’s a song by Sophie Ellis Bextor; ‘Murder on the Dance Floor’ with a catchy tune. It starts “There’s murder on the dance floor, but you better not kill the groove…” Sadly, as […]