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This is why you will HAVE to delegate
I don’t like delegating – I fear they won’t do it as well as me, or that the explaining and the monitoring will take longer than just doing it. But
The J of Judgment
If you’ve got a poor performer, what should you do? I’ve often heard things like “Some people only respond to being kicked” or “being nice doesn’t work on everyone”. Ask
Why are so many bosses bad?
I’ve had about ten bosses over the years and I can only think of one good one. Granted, I might be quite hard to manage, but although I’m opinionated and disobedient
Leadership Training – popular online course
I received this today: This is a typical unsolicited message from linked in – nice to receive! And Thanks Victor! My leadership course is available for between ten and twenty
emails I like to receive
Morning Chris I suspect you won’t remember us…but you spoke at a PW event many years ago when they were part of XXXX. You did a great session on customer
Management By Walking About – a question for you…
OK, see if you can get this one correct….. You’re doing your daily walk around the factory or the office, and you see something that’s not right, something that’s affecting
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The Cabbage of Communication
Do the full Cabbage and you’ll have excellent communication in your organization: Cascade down from the top – set up a system to do this regularly Accessible – so they
Are your people motivated?
Sometimes a great person leaves, and you think “I never knew he/she was unhappy”. You just didn’t notice, because the quality of their work carried on being great, as they
Getting Ahead of the Game
Ideally you’d spend a bit of time every day – maybe half an hour – getting ahead of the game. Instead of reacting to the problems that are dumped on
Delegation – don’t give it to the person who can do it best
My number one tip as you move into wider management is… Focus on the people as well as the tasks Good leaders are great at motivating their team, but there
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What do you expect from training?
This post could have been called Things that happen to trainers or Cultural Fit is Important or Are you open to feedback? but anyway, here goes…. I
People don’t always keep their promises
I was talking about the importance of keeping your promises – if you say you’ll do something then you MUST do it – and one of the guys in the
Say Hi to the Volcano of Success
Here are my top 12 success tips if you’re starting up a business – or indeed if you want to be successful being employed in an organisation:
Management Vegetables – want a talk?
My Book of Management Vegetables is available! in paper form and on amazon kindle (view on any device using kindle app) – ….and talks based on it are available NOW, as
Diploma in Leadership and Management
Dear Chris and John Thank you both for everything, the diploma has been wonderful – a unique and valuable experience in so many ways and I’ve loved every moment
