LEADERSHIP ASSESSMENTS & DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
Blogs by Nick Roud.
The True Hidden Cost Of Neglected Emerging Leaders
Research shows that about 29% of employees experience leaders who demonstrate traits such as authenticity and adaptability, suggesting that leaders are failing to convert leadership theory into everyday behaviour!
Is Your Team Truly Performing? Peer to Peer Leadership.
Every team, no matter how experienced, or new, has blind spots. In peer dynamics, the most common traps I see include:
Letting Go Of Control
If you are fortunate enough to have staff and people around you who are able to support/help/take on then your duty of care isn’t to ‘do it all yourself’
Why Emotional Intelligence is the CEO’s Greatest Competitive Advantage.
Leaders who lack self awareness often feel like they are constantly “fighting fires” or their team “just doesn’t get it”. The common reality is that they are so tied up in everything else that they are unaware of how their own stress or mood is polluting the office culture.
2030: So What Is The Future Of Leadership?
Leadership in 2030 will be less about heroic individuals and more about orchestrating environments where others can do the best work of their lives.
The Future of Leadership: A Call to Lead with Humanity.
“The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for greatness is there already” John Buchan
What is “White-Time” and how does it benefit a CEO?
The penny quickly drops when they look at their weekly time log to see a constant theme of time ‘in meetings’. Under further examination I ask, and where is your meeting with yourself?
Let’s talk about Time!
The first thing I see with effective leaders and his/her use of ‘time’ is they understand fully where their time actually goes and what it’s used for.
Self-Awareness. What does it mean?
When was the last time you took a deep breath and looked deep into the mirror. This isn’t a morning routine when cleaning your teeth or putting your makeup on. Im saying time out to pause and look deep into the eyes which stare back at you. And Now What?
You Are Leading, Or Are You Following?
I recently spent two days observing a CEO client in Dubai. Effectiveness in how you lead can make or break you. Speed can be seen by others as going too fast or not fast enough. The focus in this article is to question yourself, are you leading or just following?
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