We regularly produce articles on subjects that we feel will interest our clients and potential customers. It is our way of both offering you something genuinely useful, a core value of our business, and a way of you getting to understand more about our style and how we think.
Below is a selection of articles we have produced in the past. More will be added from time to time.
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Leading amidst ambiguity and uncertainty
05/02/10
Do you find yourself surrounded by managers when your business is crying out for leaders?
Does the responsibility of moving your business forward rest on too few shoulders?
Are your key people technically solid, but lacking in drive, urgency, influence and presence?
We know that strong leadership is critical in that it requires people to take the action that delivers excellent business results. Unfortunately, many senior and high potential people spend too much of their time just managing, and they often struggle to understand what it means to be a leader and to fully grasp what is required of them.
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Coaching as a Critical Leadership Capability
22/01/10
Are your key people leaders or a managers?
I want you to challenge your key people to critically explore their own approach to leadership. Being totally honest with themselves for a minute, how much of their working week do they spend working as a leader and how much simply managing? Are you happy with this?
If you were to put them on the spot right now and ask what it means to be a leader, what would they answer? Do we really need leaders? Does it really matter that these critical individuals spend too much of their time just managing and that they sometimes struggle to know what exactly it means to be a leader and what is required of them?
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Leading with passion and energy
08/01/10
As we slowly and falteringly emerge from recession, now more than ever organisations need leaders who, whilst living with the paradoxes and complexities of organisational life, can create a compelling sense of urgency and direction.
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Who can you trust to kick start your business in 2010?
07/01/10
Do you find yourself surrounded by managers when your business is crying out for leaders?
Does the responsibility for moving your business forward rest on too few shoulders?
Are your key people technically solid, but lacking in drive, urgency, influence and presence?
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Building leadership presence and impact
26/11/09
Let’s start by asking some impertinent and personal questions:
o Is the impact you have on other people helping or hindering your career?
o Do you have an innate ability to connect with and inspire confidence in others?
o Do you have the air and authority of a natural leader?
o Is the persona that you project one that inspires others to readily follow?
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Free Lunchtime Learning Seminar
18/01/10
Coaching as a critical leadership capability.
This inspirational free lunchtime seminar will be presented by Martin Gillespie, an executive development expert and experienced business coach with 25 years people and organisational development experience in major corporations.
If you have not seen Martin speak before, here is your chance to do so for free. No strings attached. No sales pitch.
Simply invite six or more of your senior managers, book the room and we will do the rest.
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Try before you buy: Have a two hour coaching trial on us!
12/10/09
A zero risk opportunity!
Engaging with executives on live business issues, we believe that coaching is essentially about providing an environment for strategic thinking, reflection and challenge in order to deliver enhanced business results. It helps give your key people the edge, energy and passion they need to steer your business successfully and profitably.
But don’t take our word for it, or even the repeated research evidence showing an ROI in excess of 600%. Sample a two hour coaching session for free. We believe that actions speak louder than words, so why not contact us now to book a date and time.
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Communication skills for leaders
28/09/09
The facility to present effectively, in both formal and informal situations, is a key business and life skill. Mastering the ability to convey information and ideas, to persuade and influence, to energise and to inspire, and to do all this with presence, assurance and confidence, will have a hugely beneficial impact on both your career prospects and self esteem.
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