2009 March | The Leadership Coach™

Innovation Inhibitors

Posted on23. Mar, 2009 by Paul Andrew.

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Leaders often get it backwards. “We need to be more creative”, someone says so we brainstorm ways we can “get people to come up with ideas” to make things better. Let’s have a suggestions box. Conduct an anonymous survey. Make our meetings more fun. Of course in the right environment these can be useful strategies. [...]

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The Spare Time Test

Posted on11. Mar, 2009 by Paul Andrew.

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I write this edition from the Middle East where I’ve been training leaders in Qatar. Last week I was working with Catholic school principals to assist them in becoming coaches to their staff. Both of these diverse groups expressed the same challenge to acting on their priorities (one that I believe is common to leaders [...]

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How To Lose A Crowd In 10 Ways

Posted on11. Mar, 2009 by Paul Andrew.

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For those of you who communicate to audiences of any size, here are some common traps to avoid… Be absorbed in yourself and how interesting you think you are Keep talking long after you’ve communicated your point Don’t have a point Have 14 points (and 7 sub-points and 2 recaps) Hope people will be equipped [...]