March 17, 2022 No Comments
High-Performance Leadership – Bringing Taboo Subjects Into The Light
In every company, certain subjects are only discussed behind closed doors. The problem is that often these “unspeakable” statements are the most important ones for leaders to hear and for the team to tackle. They need to be said out loud, not at ... Read More
March 10, 2022 No Comments
Slowing Down To Speed Up – Why It’s Key To High-Performance In Your Team
How you convey information to your team is critical to effective execution. Taking the time for conversation is very important. Ask yourself this – if I could just get my people to do better – before it’s a performance problem, am I doing e... Read More
March 3, 2022 No Comments
7 Leadership Mistakes That Destroy Team Performance
If you create a sound strategy and execute against it but don’t create an environment where people can do their best work, the likelihood of the strategy failing is high. The leader’s actions and behaviour significantly impact the environment and... Read More
February 24, 2022 No Comments
Why Annual Performance Reviews Don’t Work?
Although I worked with some very successful businesses in the early years of my career there were some very average management practices. Management training meant being trained to fill out forms, have a once-a-year appraisal conversation with your e... Read More
February 17, 2022 No Comments
High Performance Leadership – Creating Permission To Tell Bad News
As a former CEO of multiple businesses and now a Business Coach, I’ve learned from experience that there are fundamentally three key drivers of a high-performance environment in a ness. Strategy – clear customer strategy development and defin... Read More
February 10, 2022 No Comments
The 3 Drivers Of A High-Performance Team In Any Business
A good friend of mine, Susan Lucia Annunzio – President and Chief Executive Officer of The Center for High Performance, based in Chicago – completed a global study of workforce performance and published her book Contagious Success. This was groun... Read More
February 3, 2022 No Comments
Right People Doing The Right Things Right
Team building is all about getting the right people doing the right things in order to accomplish a shared vision. This isn’t a new idea. Jim Collins wrote about this in ‘Good to Great’, describing “disciplined people” and “discip... Read More
January 27, 2022 No Comments
Are You Struggling To Get Your Team To Perform?
Work teams are the backbone of modern-day business. Management teams run companies. Project teams create new products and services. Marketing and sales teams deliver products and services to customers. High-performing teams are essential to the way m... Read More
January 20, 2022 No Comments
How Do You Know If You Have A Time Management Problem?
Business owners who struggle to manage their time effectively often feel overwhelmed and out of control. They can be found running from one business activity to another with little time off. The danger is that this can quickly lead to burnout. Busine... Read More
December 16, 2021 No Comments
What Makes A Great Company Culture And Why It Matters
While many people think it’s just something you get, or you don’t pay that much attention to, culture is really a foundation or building block for your company. If you don’t have a good company culture, then nothing else can succeed... Read More
