ARTICLES & RESOURCES

Coaching v Directing: Is fear holding you back from trusting your team?

Do you tell your team how to do things and spend time double checking their work? Do you get annoyed and upset when they try to do things differently or ask questions? Read more

Do you sometimes struggle to know how to communicate to your team?

Do you sometimes struggle to know how to communicate to your team? Does it sometimes feel you are speaking in a foreign language? Understanding that we all have different preferences and styles of communicating can make a big difference in knowing yourself and your...

How do you treat your FAILURES or mistakes? As something to hide or something to showcase?

Most managers are ashamed or fearful when they make a mistake. They try to hide it. "What if someone sees it and realises I'm not as good as they think I am? What if my colleagues find out and start talking about me? What if my client hears about it and stops giving...

Helping team members through doubt and fear

When our team members are unsure of their skills, their abilities or even their knowledge, it's important as leaders that we help them. My horse Zouk in the photo above was really not sure about his safety if he crossed this bridge. I had a couple of choices; I could...