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Are you Sharpening the Axe?

‘Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe’ Abraham Lincoln There are broadly speaking two types of activity that we spend time focussing on. There are the things that you need to do in order to get the job done today. At work, these…

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The Spectrums of Leadership

In the last article we talked about the Foundations of Leadership. These are the basic skills that you must have in place before you can start thinking about the spectrums. If you lack self-awareness or fail to understand the context of the situation you are in, then it’s hard to think about adjusting your behaviour. Leadership is all about behaviour but behaviour is based…

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The Art of Delegation: How to Win with a Delegating Leadership Style

Delegation is a core leadership skill and key to the ‘Delegating Leadership Style’ If you can’t effectively delegate, you will hit a point where you are become totally overloaded and you’ll become ineffective. But few companies teach people how to effectively delegate. It’s one of those things that everyone assumes you pick up as you…