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How To Inspire And Motivate As A Leader?

Motivation and inspiration are two leadership responsibilities that, all too often, don’t get the attention they deserve. The hiring process, and finding the right talent, is a big part of the puzzle. But motivating a team or a workforce is an ongoing challenge and a vital priority for anybody who wants to be a world-class leader. Finding thoughtful ways to motivate your team is great for the…

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How To Be A True Servant Leader?

There are plenty of leadership styles that you can choose from to enhance the edge of your team in the corporate marketplace. If you follow my blogs, you will know that I have examined many of them. From years of research and experience its clear to me that the very best leaders have one key quality over others – they will always put their teams first ahead of any ego or delusion of grandeur…

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#How to become a servant leader?#What are the characteristics of great servant leaders?

How To Be A Better Leader In 2021?

As we close down on 2020 and brace ourselves for 2021, we may seek to erase a year that has been one of the toughest in living memory. Whilst it will be replayed in all history books, we as leaders, need to consign it to the rubbish heap in an effort to focus on 2021. How can we be better equipped to lift our team up and drive them towards a stronger year? Let’s face it, life runs at an…

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#Pausing to calm yourself #Pausing to connect more deeply #Pausing to gain focused attention #Pausing to improve performance

How To Be An Emotionally Intelligent Leader?

As we are living in a new and unpredictable world, navigating our way through Covid lockdowns, I am aware of the strain some may be facing either as a key worker or in isolation. Never before has it been so important to practice mindfulness and emotional intelligence. This blog is a preview of emotional education I have undertaken over the years – have a read, organise your thoughts and above…

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#Daniel Goleman #Develop #Emotional Intelligence #emotions #IQ #Leadership #Relationships #Self awareness

The Friday Bitesize

Hi all – Happy Friday! Here is your weekly dose of ‘The Friday Bitesize’ on views, thoughts and opinions from the retail world with my own personal twist. All things retail this week The subject that’s on my mind this week is, the demise of some of our well known high street chains such as Debenhams and the Arcadia group. This isn’t a one-off, sadly it’s become a regular occurrence which has…

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#A quote I am pondering #All things retail this week #What am I listening to?#What am I reading?#What has interested me?

The Friday Bitesize

Hi all – Happy Friday!

I do hope this week has been kind and you are looking forward to a sense of Christmas cheer as December approaches.

If you haven’t noticed – today is Black Friday! That’s right, I’m not talking about the weather but that American deal frenzy idea that should in theory kick-start Christmas shopping with a raft of market leading deals.

So, is it how it was intended…

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Why Leaders Need To Stop Pushing Themselves Too Hard

Most of us believe that in order to succeed, we have to push ourselves to the limit. Working excessively and compulsively has become normality, even to the extent that we brits are considered ‘workaholics’.

Many of us don’t even have the time to consider the toll this is taking on us. Science tells us that overworking is damaging – that pushing yourself too hard comes with serious consequences…

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#Chronic irritability #Compromising on self-care #Constantly having to be switched on #Distancing yourself from your personal life #Feeling that you never do enough

The Friday Bitesize

Hi all – Happy Friday!

Welcome to my first edition of the ‘Friday Bitesize’. It’s a list of my thoughts, opinions and links to great stories from a retailing point of view.

I have spent all of my working life as a senior retailer in some of the biggest organisations in the UK. This blog is largely based on my thoughts regarding what I see throughout the week.

If you benefit from my…

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#Austin Cooke #Inside the orange podcast #Poundland #Richard Stevens #The Friday Bitesize #Warren Buffett

Have Leaders Adapted To A New Order In 2020?

Its been a while and after a few months off I am back doing what I enjoy most. Since I have been away the world has very much changed and if I happened to be an alien landing today I would be wondering why everyone is wearing masks and observing a distance between each other.

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How An Expert Leader Encourages Collaboration?

Success is never possible if you can’t create a collaborative work life as a leader. How many teams have you seen destroy themselves because someone feels they are more important than another? Or have you ever felt like you are constantly battling with your peers and co-workers just to get things done?

In this weeks blog I am going to cover off some key points that can be implemented as a…

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#Break down department walls #Build on existing relationships #Create a shared space #Creating signature practices #Define roles and responsibilities #Develop a sense of community #Invest in individual skills #Lead by example #Mentor others and encourage them to do the same #Select strong team leaders #Share knowledge #What constitutes a collaborative working environment?

How A Great Leader Inspires Purpose In People

It wouldn’t surprise you to know that employees with a strong sense of purpose are likely to be not only happier but also more effective, more productive and more results orientated.

Professionals who have a well considered purpose are extremely valuable to organisations. So in that case why are organisations that follow a strong senses of purpose so scarce?

There are lots of reasons…

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#Connect to a greater good #Focus on purpose #Make it personal #Offer frequent recognition #Promote self devlopment #Spread positivity

How A Strong Leader Plans For Success?

Leaders aspiring to be successful in delivering their results through well organised and trained teams need to have a plan. That should be no ordinary plan but one which has a clear structure and depth that will generate results!

Have you ever heard the quote “Failing to plan is planning to fail?” That essentially means if you don’t put a plan in place, you can expect to fail each and every…

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#Construct #Create #Critique #The 3Cs #What next?#Why do plans fail?

How To Develop Your Emotional Intelligence As A Leader?

As we are now living in unprecedented times being in lockdown for Covid19 I am very aware of the strains people are going through either as a key worker or in isolation. Never before has it been important to practice some mindfulness and probably the most important by my reckoning is emotional intelligence. This blog is a mix of some of the work I have undertaken over the years, have a read,…

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#Daniel Goleman #Develop #Emotional Intelligence #emotions #IQ #Leadership #Relationships #Self awareness

7 Quick Ways To Make Happy Employees As A Leader.

We all want our employees to be happy at work. But there are days when nothing seems to be going well and everything seems to be going wrong. Every leader has to guide their teams through off days and bad weeks, and sometimes through more serious long-term difficulties.

What we do in those circumstances as a leader matters greatly. Here are some of the most effective steps you can take:

Len…

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How To Survive As A Retail Leader In 2020?

If you currently work in retail it’s certainly hard work at the moment, the market is saturated with lots of competition and most retailers have their fair share of issues and challenges. The customer is more savvy than ever, being able to sniff out a bargain online is no longer a skill and takes little effort. The large supermarkets are fighting each other dabling in weak pricing promotions that…

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#Empathy & Humility #Servant Leadership #Strategy & Focus #Trust & Empowerment #What is important as a leader in 2020?

How Important Is Development & Progression To Senior Leaders?

You have made it! That high ranking role you have always sought after is yours. You are highly respected amongst peers and professionals, and you are most definitely top of your game. So you are done? Nothing more to do? No need to develop or think about any further career opportunities?

Speaking as a leadership performance coach, I can tell you that self development and progression is…

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How True Leaders Inspire? 5 Principles You Absolutely Need

Imagine a workplace where people wake up inspired to go to work, where trust and loyalty are the rule rather than the exception and where your colleagues feel safe to work. Research shows that employees perform their best when they have pride in what they do, when they enjoy the people they work with and trust the people they work for.

“If you hire people just because they can do a job,…

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#Communication #Inspire #Kim Kriscoe #Leaders #Martin Luther King #Principles #Ray Kroc #Simon Sinek #Start with why?

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