Inspire Potential

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 elements of catalytic leadership is understanding motivation ( Developing Catalytic Leaders to Drive Change ). Why is it so important for a leader to be aware of what motivates his/her people? Often there is an assumption that what motivates the leader motivates other people, however, this assumption is highly detrimental to the team’s dynamics and, rather than improving the energy, it can lead to conflicts. Instead, highly motivated people are: - 50% more likely to exceed their performance targets - 18% more productive - 49% less likely to leave - 4.5x revenue growth in organisations with highly engaged employee Here are three reasons why understanding people’s motivation is crucial to effective leadership: 1. Speed and adaptability to change There are 9 motivational drivers, which can be categorised in three clusters, according to Motivational Maps, created by James Sale. The clusters are Relationships, Achievement and Growth, they differ in how

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

What is your leadership style? In The New Leaders , Daniel Goleman identifies 6 leadership styles. In this blog, we will have a look at what these styles are and what it means to be an effective and catalytic leader, particularly in a time of change and uncertainty like the one we live in. Read on if you want to be able to recognise the six components that make you an agile, motivated and authentic leader. You will find tips to fulfil more of your leadership potential and provocative points of discussion to share and debate with friends and colleagues. Goleman’s six leadership styles are: Visionary, coaching, affiliative, democrative, pace-setting and commanding. You can find the book on Amazon . Being visionary is critical for a leader, as you have to drive what is possible for the business, yourself and your people. Having a vision enables you to have a sense of direction to guide to success those around you. An affiliative leader is one who is not afraid