Self-reflection is an important tool for any leader. I’m not talking about going to mountain-top and meditating with your legs crossed for 72 hours. No, I am talking about taking time out to look at yourself and understand what you are doing well, and what you can improve on. Below are seven steps on how…
The article picks up from last week’s blog post, how to be a leader not a manager part two? Below are five more ways on how to behave more like a leader, and less like a manager to be a success in the modern era. “You manage things, you lead people” Hamza Kahn Missed part…
54% of the global workforce is made up of millennials and Gen Z. This means that the majority of employees today are under 30 years old. These are people who want to work, but dislike being managed. We attempt to manage yet we fail because we are using old methods on a new generation of…
We want to do things so we make a goal but never achieve what we set out to achieve. This is usually because the goals we set for ourselves sound unachievable, difficult or take too long. However, there is a technique to get around this issue. It is called the SMART method. This is a…
Change is good We should all adopt change We love change We should all be open to change We hear these “statements” a lot but so many people still struggle to change because change is difficult. It’s is difficult to change from what always works. It’s difficult to push yourself to trying something new because…
A lot of people feel that you’re on a career path in management but want to be more than just a manager? I felt the same. A lot of people find themselves in a management position and don’t know what to do next to become a great leader? I felt the same. I realised management…
Picture yourself at work and the day reaches 12pm. You think to yourself, “I am so busy, I don’t even have time for lunch! Shit, what do I need to do next?!” Imagine yourself at work and the day reaches 5pm and you say to yourself “I still have so much to do, I’ll stay…
In part 1 I discussed 4 areas which will help you negotiate better, having an outcome, understanding their intention, creating win-win scenarios and appealing to their desires. These are not the only aspects which you can work on to boost your negotiation ability. There are 4 more important areas. Negotiation is fluid and has multiple…
Imagine yourself in a negotiation scenario and there’s all kind of thoughts going through your mind. What are they thinking? Do they like me? Am I sweating? And then you start panicking and overthinking. Do I actually know what I am talking about? Why am I afraid? Are they bored? Sound familiar? I will take…
Why carry out a Root Cause Analysis (RCA)? Surely it’s to find who is at fault, who is to blame and who will be the one to throw under the bus (metaphorically of course). Well if you think that, you’re wrong. We carry out a RCA to identify where we went wrong or where we…
