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What’s The Story?

Posted on24. Aug, 2010 by Paul Andrew.

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Great leaders have long understood the power of stories. A well-told story can achieve what operations manuals, mission statements, KPI’s and staff meetings rarely do. Renowned business author and speaker Tom Peters, in his book Leadership, said “A key – perhaps THE key – to leadership is the effective communication of a story”. That’s a [...]

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Bottleneck

Posted on16. Jul, 2010 by Paul Andrew.

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What if one person, one department, or one process was seriously limiting the impact of your whole organisation? What if growth wasn’t so much about turning up the water, as it was about getting the kink out of the hose? What if the pressure you felt was largely created by the significant difference between the [...]

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What’s Your Leadership Footprint?

Posted on11. May, 2010 by Paul Andrew.

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In more recent years we’ve become aware that every person, every company, leaves a mark on our natural environment. Increasingly we’re being forced to consider issues like our “carbon footprint” which are very tangible ways of measuring the extent to which we damage the earth as we go about life and business. That footprint was [...]

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Being Adaptable Is Over-Rated

Posted on15. Mar, 2010 by Paul Andrew.

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For years I’ve sung the virtues of being adaptable and to be fair adaptability does have real value in certain situations. But I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s just not enough. Being adaptable is over-rated. By definition, leadership is bringing change to the world around you rather than simply conforming to what already exists. [...]

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What Every Leader Wants (And Why Most Don’t Get It)

Posted on01. Mar, 2010 by Paul Andrew.

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Recently a coaching client asked me, “How can I get my team to be more proactive?”. Good question. If you asked just about any leader if they want their team to use more initiative and be on the front foot, they’d say “Yes”… but ask them how they can build the sort of team where [...]