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Stop-Start-Continue for Individual and Team Growth
Stop-Start-Continue – 3 Steps for Individual & Team Growth by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions 3 Steps to Develop You and Your Team - Raise Performance, Achieve Outcomes. How often do you take the time to stop, look at what you are doing and carry out a “self-audit”? To reach our potential, or to help others to reach theirs, we need to do this periodically. This can be used in your business, social or personal life. Stop-Start-Continue There are
The Trials of Leadership Styles
The Trials of Leadership Styles by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions Adapting your leadership style for effective results - balancing task- and people-oriented leadership. When organizing a company meeting what do you, or the individual you have delegated to, do first? Do you develop the timeline and associated task, or do you consider who would prefer to do what and then try to develop an approach and schedule around their needs? And how do you respond if you fall
Managing the “Peter Principle” – Developing Key Leadership & Management Skills
Managing the “Peter Principle” – Developing Key Leadership & Management Skills by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions What are the risks of poor leaders, what are the key skills and capabilities a good leader needs to have, and how can you do this? Introduction Effective leadership requires a blend of skills – commercial, relational, managerial and cognitive. However, many organisations suffer from having leaders who lack these skills in full or part. Often such leaders are victims of the
How To Manage Those Delegated To
How to Manage Those Delegated To by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions This looks at how to assess what are the best ways to manage those doing delegated work. This follows on from a previous article – The Art of Effective Delegation – which provides a 5-step process for effectively delegating work. Now you have delegated the work, how can you best manage those to whom you have delegated the work? Different people have different requirements and need to
Leadership – the Ticking Talent Time Bomb
Leadership - the Ticking Talent Time Bomb by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions Forecasts on where the future leaders will come from, and where they will not! Are you worried about the lack of management and leadership talent in your business? You should be. There is an underlying shift in demographics that is driving this – and it isn’t going to go away. The baby-boomers are beginning to retire in large numbers and this represents a major exodus
The Exactitude of Attitude
The Exactitude of Attitude How attitude is a good predictor of prospective employee success, and how you can identify those with the right attitude for your business. by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions The top challenge for CEOs according to a survey from the Conference Board (January 2013) is Human Capital – the ability to develop and acquire the right people, with the right skills needed to take to the business to the next level. But skills alone are
Take Responsibility to Gain Momentum
Take Responsibility to Gain Momentum Freeing yourself and others to gain traction and action. by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions How often have you waited for work or input from someone else in order to get your work done, or to actually start the process. It’s not your fault you are delayed, but what can you do about it? In short, the answer is to grow up and take the initiative! We are inculcated into a culture of blame
Efficiency vs Effectiveness
Efficiency vs Effectiveness Which would you rather be – efficient or effective? by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions The focus for many businesses today is on the short-run, getting more for their dollar and squeezing more out of their resources. Productivity is the name of the game. Although this is laudable it has focused businesses on the short-term and distracted them from the long-term. Efficiency & Effectiveness Efficiency and Effectiveness are two competing yet complementary approaches to business. For
Do You Have a Leadership Team or a Leadership Committee?
Do You Have a Leadership Team or a Leadership Committee? The differences and the impacts of leadership by team and by committees. by Andrew Cooke, Growth & Profit Solutions Many CEOs and senior leaders in companies with which I have worked with often believe, in all sincerity, that they have a leadership team or executive team which works together to help focus and drive the business. This, in my experience, is rarely the case. More often than it is not