Inspire Potential

In this crazy, busy world, leaders need to change even faster. Often trying to be more agile and achieve more with less is a constant and tiring struggle. You can break out of the cycle of craziness and become much more effective when you understand your energy and motivation. Knowing your own energy, giving motivational drivers and those of your team, your colleagues, clients, customers and key stakeholders, cuts through the craziness and helps you deliver what’s needed simpler, better and faster. We were lucky enough to have the opportunity to chat with Jane Thomas on a webinar about the brilliant new book book, ‘Mapping Motivation for Leadership’ that she wrote with the Creator of Motivational Maps, James Sale.   You can catch up on the webinar below. The problem is, our energy-giving motivators are as dynamic and changing as the world around us. It is as important to understand which motivators GIVE you energy and which one’s DRAIN your energy. Many people are li

How do you as a leader deliver on strategy? How do you help your most valuable resource, your people, to deliver the best results and get things done to the best of both their individual and collective ability?  How many times do high potential teams fail to deliver the great results, where do teams get stuck?  What are the top tips to help the shift towards greatness? How can you pool everyone’s skills, knowledge, potential and expertise for the best results? 3 strategic ways to get the most out of your talent so they execute on strategy: Boost coaching and effective delegation for optimal performance Stimulate action learning for accountability and execution Embed mentoring to short-cut experience and build a learning culture Boost coaching and effective delegation for optimal performance Are the right people doing the right jobs? Are they getting things done through  effective delegation and coaching skills? How many times have you or someone in one of your teams fo

One of the challenges many businesses face today is keeping up with the heightened speed of the world, as technological advancements and information overload are changing the way we work. People are expected to work faster and more effectively than ever before, resulting in an enormous amount of stress and pressure people are exposed to. These conditions, however, rather than facilitating work, make it harder, sometimes impossible when the demands are, realistically, unachievable. In fact, when we are stressed, parts of the brain shut down and we lose access to the corresponding functions, therefore reducing our performance potential. The question then is about how can we work efficiently under pressure and how can we ensure that our team does the same? These are our 5 top tips on how to get the most out of others and yourself. 1.      When things are overwhelming, stop and remind yourself what the bigger picture is and what is your purpose in it. How do others con

As the Game of Thrones enthusiasm hits its peak, it seems appropriate to reference Khaleesi, Mother of Dragons, as an example of leadership, in particular agile leadership. The character is a prime exemplar of how a leader must adapt and learn to gain followers and trust. Daenerys is first sold to a foreign and crude leader to become his wife, once she adapts to her new life and learns about the language and the culture of her new people, everyone respects and admires her as their queen Khaleesi. When her husband passes away, most of the people find a new leader and abandon her in the desert, so she has to find her own way and convince the remaining individuals to follow her. Again, it’s her ability to adapt to the circumstances that allows her to survive and gain the trust of those who follow her. As the character develops, Daenerys becomes more self-aware and confident, creating her own leadership style: liberating the slaves and giving them the choice to join her or