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Your First 90 Days as a Brand New Manager – Diagnosing Some Challenges

Tim Millett — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:20:57 +0000

Picture this – it’s the last day of a tough, tough quarter. You and your young sales team are just one contract away from reaching your target, and your pipelines have been completely exhausted – except for one out-standing option. The CEO of a prospected company has agreed to speak with one of your junior [...]

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Linking Innovation with Effectiveness

Tim Millett — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:18:08 +0000

The generation of new ideas is simply about inspiration and, whilst indispensible in growth and development, if these ideas remain as simply that then they have little practical use apart from being the seed of other ideas. It is when an idea is combined with action that it is transformed into innovation. So how do [...]

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4 Ways to Identify and Nurture Leadership Qualities in Your Staff

Tim Millett — Fri, 28 May 2010 07:47:11 +0000

Excellent leaders know that identifying and nurturing leadership qualities in the team helps to increase productivity and provides people who are ready to step up to the plate when organizational changes occur, making new leaders necessary. It is good to have a number of people who you can delegate to when you need to and [...]

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6 Reasons Why Staff Morale is Important

Tim Millett — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 06:52:33 +0000

You may not realize the financial cost your business bears when your team members are unhappy. An effective leader knows how to check, maintain and, when necessary, improve staff morale. If you can monitor staff morale, you might be surprised at how easy it is to bring in improvements when it starts to dip. When [...]

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Top 5 Leadership Skills – Do You Have Them?

Tim Millett — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 06:43:39 +0000

Do you have what it takes to be a leader? Experts in leadership agree that the skills you require to be an effective leader are skills you can develop, but many managers try to get by without them. If you do not have the leadership skills you need, you will find that you have difficulty [...]

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Challenging Yourself Through Adaptive Leadership

Tim Millett — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:09:53 +0000

Have you wondered why some companies seem able to handle whatever comes their way including the difficult economic conditions over the last year? While other companies go bankrupt, the successful companies deliver results over and over again. If you could look inside these companies there’s a good chance you will find adaptive leaders who remain [...]

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Operational Responsibilities Of Leaders

Tim Millett — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:53:08 +0000

The depth and scope of operational responsibilities within an organisation can greatly vary, yet there is one constant. Leaders are needed to integrate the vision or mission of the organisation with the day-to-day activities. It is fine to have a well-defined mission, but the only way true value can be reached is if the organisation [...]

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Being a Project Sponsor Means Championing a Cause

Tim Millett — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:43:38 +0000

When talking about the positions on a project team, the ones that come to mind first are project leader, project manager and team members. Time is spent designing the project, selecting the right members, establishing the critical path leading to end goals, and establishing a reporting and measurement system. Unfortunately, what many firms discover is [...]

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Leadership and Counselling DO Mix!

Tim Millett — Tue, 19 May 2009 09:28:33 +0000

Despite what you may believe or have been taught in the past, leadership and counselling do mix. This is not to say a leader must be a psychologist with medical diplomas hanging on the wall to be an effective leader. But the combination of leadership and counselling functions is a natural mix because people will [...]

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The Power of Visualising Success

Tim Millett — Tue, 05 May 2009 09:19:58 +0000

It may seem odd at first to consider the power of visualising success along with creative tension, but they go hand-in-hand in an effective organisation. Creative tension is inspired thinking that goes beyond the current comfort level and often leads to new ideas, goals, and expectations. Success is the actual achievement of those goals. When [...]

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