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Managing Conflict – Creating A Feedback Culture

Fear of conflict is one of the most prevalent issues that defines office and organisational culture. Any environment that depends on the collaboration of different parties to achieve common goals can be rife with disagreements. So, how do you manage conflict as a leader? Whether you are naturally endowed with the ability to connect with your team members or you are trained to manage team dynamics, establishing a feedback culture to aid the effective resolution of conflict in different situations will ensure faster progress and results.

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Posted on Tue, May 15, 2018 in Leadership Organisational Development

What is Ethical Leadership?

Leaders are expected to ‘get it right’, although it’s not always easy to determine what the right course of action is in all situations. Many leaders make the wrong choices, some resulting in highly damaging consequences. 

There are organisations who appear to constantly be getting things wrong, ending up in the news for all the wrong reasons. Then there are others who are managed by ethical leaders who inspire their team members to follow suit.  These are the leaders who continually appear to make the right decisions and take the right action at the right time.


 

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Posted on Tue, May 01, 2018 in Leadership Organisational Development

It’s Time to Think ….

A while back I witnessed a senior leader speak to new leaders in his practice and what he said was one of the most important bits of advice he had been given at the same point in his career as his audience. He was told to make time to think – even when life was so busy it didn’t seem there was a moment to waste in thinking because only doing would, well … do. Since hearing this, his discipline has been to carve out time every week to sit with a blank sheet of paper and simply listen to himself and what he wanted, to think through those things and craft ways to achieve his plans.

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Posted on Tue, April 17, 2018 in Leadership Organisational Development

AWARENESS AND FLEXIBILITY – LEADERSHIP IN ACTION!

As we’ve discussed in our previous 2 posts, there are several different leadership styles and it’s crucial that every leader develops an awareness of the style they exhibit to help them better understand their strengths and gaps.

Knowing yourself and how you positively impact others will empower you to be your best self at all times – which to everyone’s advantage. 

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Posted on Thu, April 05, 2018 in Leadership

The Impacts of Different Leadership Styles (continued)

Our last post discussed the impact of 3 of the 6 leadership styles outlined in ‘Primal Leadership’ by Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis and Annie Mckee.  These included the visionary, coaching and affiliative leadership styles.

In this post we’re going to look at the 3 remaining leadership styles the authors refer to, including the democratic, pacesetting and commanding leadership styles.

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Posted on Tue, March 20, 2018 in Leadership

The Impacts of Different Leadership Styles

Here’s a look at some of the leadership styles Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis and Annie Mckee speak about in their book ‘Primal Leadership – Unleashing the Power of Emotional Intelligence'. 
 
The leadership and management style adopted by a leader largely impacts employee morale and behaviour. Here is a quick look at three of the most popular leadership styles and how they affect employee motivation and behaviour.

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Posted on Tue, February 27, 2018 in Leadership

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