Strategic Alignment
Leaders need to ensure strategic alignment is driven at all levels in the firm and in the day-to-day business decisions. That direction...
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Ian Kirkby
Jan 10, 20181 min read
Leaders Make Hard Decisions
It seems that managers DO put off hard decisions if there is no competition or accountability: https://goo.gl/Fght73 Lots of...
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Ian Kirkby
Jan 2, 20181 min read
Effective Leadership - Tip 9 - Make Time for your People.
Despite the costs in money, time, stress and effort, too many firms still rely on 'stick and carrot' (put in that order intentionally)...
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Ian Kirkby
Dec 18, 20171 min read
Effective Leadership - Tip 8 - Learn Continuously
It is always the case that we can learn more about leadership through our own experiences, training (including coaching and mentoring)...
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Ian Kirkby
Dec 5, 20171 min read
Effective Leadership - Tip 7 – Be Humble
Nobody likes a ‘know-it-all’ (and nobody, including you and I, does know-it-all). If you make a mistake, make an unqualified apology,...
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Ian Kirkby
Nov 28, 20171 min read
Effective Leadership - Tip 6 - Always Exercise Accountability
Once you have made a decision and allocated the tasks, always hold people to account for delivering. To do so, it is important that they...
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Ian Kirkby
Nov 22, 20172 min read
Effective Leadership - Tip 5 – Learn to Coach and Mentor.
Coaching and mentoring are 2 essential tools in the leader’s arsenal. The vast majority of large, successful companies now expect their...
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Ian Kirkby
Nov 14, 20171 min read
Effective Leadership - Tip 4
Delegate effectively. There are 2 main errors leaders can make: delegate too little, too late and continue to micro-manage, or delegate...
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Ian Kirkby
Nov 8, 20171 min read
Effective Leadership - Tip 3
There are many exciting aspects to leadership: making decisions, growing your staff, setting the vision, etc. Communicating the same...
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Ian Kirkby
Oct 30, 20171 min read
Effective Leadership - Tip 2
Be consistent but tailor your style. It is important to be even-handed and consistent when dealing with your team whilst also...
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Ian Kirkby
Oct 24, 20171 min read
Effective Leadership - Tip 1
Be decisive! There is little more poisonous to a team than an indecisive leader. Note that this is very different from rashness. If you...
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Ian Kirkby
Sep 20, 20171 min read
IQ versus EQ in the workplace
Really good article by Regus: "A successful leader needs to be at ease switching between emotionally driven decisions and purely...
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Ian Kirkby
Sep 18, 20171 min read
Effective Meetings - Tip 7
Save yourself a lot of time and stress by managing communications properly: Ensure the agenda is sent out in good time to allow people to...
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Ian Kirkby
Sep 11, 20171 min read
Effective Meetings - Tip 6
When leading a discussion on contentious matters, frame the issues in a neutral manner, explain the outcomes required from the meeting...
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Ian Kirkby
Sep 5, 20171 min read
Effective Meetings - Tip 5
Decide how long the meeting needs to be, ensure it starts and finishes on time, and hold everyone accountable for time discipline. Just...
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Ian Kirkby
Aug 31, 20172 min read
Effective Meetings - Tip 4
How to deal with overly aggressive people in meetings.
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Ian Kirkby
Aug 29, 20171 min read
Effective Meetings - Tip 3
if you have time, use it to generate new ideas and to think about solutions to complex issues. Decisiveness is not the same as impatience!
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Ian Kirkby
Aug 22, 20171 min read
Effective Meetings - Tip 1
Top tips for making your meetings more productive and enjoyable.
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