Given my occupation as a coach to leaders in organisations, it will come as no surprise for me to say that coaching is a valuable part of developing your career mastery. Sometimes we all need an external ear or voice to hear what’s going on in our world and share some strategic questions to…
What is the Primary Object of a Leader?
This is a big question. And a crucial one. The management and leadership heavyweights Drucker, Bennis, Kotter and others have all had their say on this crucial topic. And mostly they agree: Managers maintain, leaders change. It is not a question of change or not change, it’s a constant question of what…
The Six Keys to Pitching Your Idea
Previously, we talked about the expectation that leaders need to make a lot of ‘little’ presentations to fulfil their role. We touched on the importance of showing up as a leader and how you present yourself to others. Now, we want to look at the second presentation key to building Career Mastery: Pitching…
Lunch, Wine and Books
What could be better than lunch, wine and books? It’s almost the holy trinity. And this is what you can expect at our next event. It’s a double book launch. My colleague Geoff McDonald is launching a print version of his book Done, plus a new print book, Weekly Done. …
What to Say When You Meet Someone for the First Time
Last week we suggested that most leaders make a lot of little presentations everyday as a natural part of their daily efforts. We pointed to three key areas to do this effectively to build your Career Mastery. The first one was: Presenting Yourself. And the extreme version of this is meeting someone…
How Important Is This to Your Career Success?
Over the past year, I’ve been sharing some of my thoughts about what are the critical things for Career Mastery. It’s a topic that is always top of mind for me when I’m coaching and working with senior leaders – What do they need to be successful here and now, plus in to the future? In…
Are You Doomed?
Over my long career I’ve seen lots of things – the good, the bad and the downright dumb. One thing that I consistently see done poorly is the post-action review process. In my coaching conversations, I often hear stories of completed projects that didn’t meet expectations. Yet the review process was either non-existent or done…
The Fourth ‘R’ of Learning
We’ve all heard of the three ‘R’s of Learning: Reading, ‘Riting and ‘Rithmetic. These were all pretty important way back in school. They are essential literacy skills. Without them most of us would be lost – if not unemployed. A lot of people are now talking about ‘coding’ as the next essential skill. I’m not…
Ten Ways to Be More Gritty
Today, we’re continuing our series on being more resilient, persevering for longer and having more grit. In particular, here are ten ways to be more gritty – derived from Caroline Adams Miller’s book, Getting Grit. 1 Strengths Can you start to see the overlap of some of the things we’ve been talking about in our…
Can you be innovative AND gritty?
Thanks again to everyone who responded with their Grit Scores. I really appreciate your replies and it pleases me to know that someone is actually reading! In response to our earlier email, ‘The Hollywood Effect’, Rob made a very interesting comment that I’d like to share my thoughts on. He said: “I generally stick at…