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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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Managing a High Performance Environment

In workplaces all over the UK, there is a drive to improve performance – to obtain better quality and greater productivity. To do so is essential for national and international success in a highly competitive global market – for many, it’s simply a must for...

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Inspiration and Affirmation Notes

LMI’s development programmes are designed to inspire people and to give them self belief so that they can become better leaders of themselves and other people.  We all need affirmations and inspiration to help us keep going in spite of the obstacles that stand in our...

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Six Qualities of a Top Performer – do you have them?

From Michael Levy From over decades of working with people from every level, in small to very large organisations, across every sector, we have found there are six characteristics or qualities that almost every top performer shares; and conversely, are under developed...

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Are you a Task Manager or a People Manager?

This is not a fictional story and the changes took place over many weeks. As a scenario many can relate to, its clear from my conversations with managers, that tinkering with possible solutions only produces a short term fix. One of my clients, Ray, a senior financial...

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