Writing
Demand clear expectations and set them with your team in return
You deserve to know what you manager’s expectations of you are. And you are accountable for setting them with your own team. Explicit expectations build trust and accountability...
2 December 2024
Managing people effectively requires its own specific skills and techniques. It is not a more senior version of whatever one was doing before, but rather a step sideways into a whole new craft...
21 November 2024
Leadership is not the sole domain of people managers
Too often the word ‘leader’ is used synonymously with the word ‘manager’. Yet both non-managers and managers offer valuable leadership to businesses. Let's recognise all those pursuing leadership...
13 November 2024
I have often heard the view that leadership is a ‘talent’ or personality attribute. Instead I encourage people to think of leadership as the application of specific skills...
5 November 2024
