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Expanding Leadership Through Women

 As the nature of leadership changes from command and control to a supportive and empowering style, managers must learn how to coach and support their staff if they are to be effective. Supportive leaders listen to people who work with them and seek their ideas.  They...

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MY ROUTE TO SUCCESS – PERSONAL GOALS

In my last article I shared with you the idea that successful people plan a journey towards success and follow it and that there are five essential elements in any success journey: A clear goal A plan The desire to achieve Confidence in your ability to achieve your...

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Connecting daily activity with the Big Picture

  One of the key challenges of any organisation is to connect what their people are doing on a daily basis with their Big Picture goals - their mission and purpose, vision and values. This video shows how to break down the big picture into a Master Goals List,...

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What Makes An Entrepreneur ?

The burning question today when businesses are faced with the need for change and innovation is how they can get in touch with their entrepreneurial instinct. The rewards for doing so can be enormous. It can transform a business if it can be identified and harnessed. ...

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Succession Planning

Succession Planning  A Very Long View A. G. Lafley, the respected past Chairman and CEO of Proctor and Gamble, after taking over in 2000 made a strategic decision to focus on building an internal leadership pipeline that  produced numerous CEO candidates. He elevated...

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What To Look For In A Business Leader At Senior Level

Broad perspective and vision of changing business requirements driven by customers needs and competition   Able to influence and collaborate with Senior managers and Directors and Client representatives at all levels.   Able to communicate a compelling vision that...

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10 Ways to Build Trust with Employees

By Michael Levy Successful leaders develop relationships with their team based on trust. Employees, when they feel trusted, supported and engaged, will give special effort to leaders they trust. Because the opposite is also true: employees rarely excel under the...

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Opposing Leadership Virtues

Leadership is commonly understood in terms of balancing two basic dualities. Strategic versus operational leadership defines the “what” of a leader’s work. Are you positioning your company to be competitive down the road and driving to produce results now? Forceful...

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Facilitation, Coaching and Mentoring

Every person that takes part in one of LMI’s Programmes is facilitated through our unique process by a fully trained member of the LMI team. The facilitator not only imparts knowledge and feedback but also acts as a coach and mentor to the participant.  LMI is not a...

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Facilitation, Coaching and Mentoring

Every person that takes part in one of LMI’s Programmes is facilitated through our unique process by a fully trained member of the LMI team. The facilitator not only imparts knowledge and feedback but also acts as a coach and mentor to the participant.  LMI is not a...

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