leadership

Dal LaMagna Interview: Failure Is Not Final

If you subscribe to self-development eNewsletters, round about this time of the year, (late January of 2011), your inbox will be inundated with a ton of emails with subject headings like “10 reasons why your new year’s resolutions have failed” and that is usually followed by an offer of “How we can help”. If you …

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What has leadership got to do with becoming wealthy: Part 2

In Part 1 of this series, I finished with the statement that a good leader demonstrates emotional intelligence in his/her daily dealings with their staff. A good leader realizes and publicly acknowledges that they cannot achieve their goals on their own, and a good leader learns to place their well-founded trust in their staff. This …

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What has leadership got to do with becoming wealthy: Part 1

Answer: Everything! Leadership, or more importantly good leadership underpins your ability to succeed. As a great leader, you are the inspiration, visionary and literally the soul of your business. Click here to listen to the full recording Leadership and Wealth Part 1 It applies equally across the spectrum should you be the CEO of a …

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Women Executives: Leadership Role Models (Part 4)

So, you have arrived at a position within your organisation that has some degree of autonomy and responsibility. In fact, you now lead a team of individuals, with unique talents. Your boss has handed you a brief that requires your team to deliver on an important project on time and on budget. You know that …

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Owning Up and Learning from My Mistakes

Our education system does not encourage us to admit our errors and effectively punishes us when we get it wrong. This is reinforced by the assessment strategy of grading us down in tests and formal examinations when we do not produce the “right’ answers. The system is designed to turn out cookie cutter lookalikes with …

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Endometriosis and the Career Driven Women

Below is an article by Melissa Meyer of www.cureendometriosis.com Melissa has written a personal blog about endometriosis and her own research and discovery on healing. I am sure most women can relate, so if you are interested in finding out more, drop by Melissa’s site for a read. Endometriosis affects 1 in 7 women around …

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Women Executives: Leadership Role Models (Part 2)

Just in case you are wondering if there is still a stigma attached to being a woman and aspiring to executive and management roles, please read the article below. I would be very interested to hear your thoughts Maternity leave will kill your career, recruitment companies warn women By Jane Hansen The Sunday Telegraph, September …

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Women Executives: Leadership Role Models (Part 1)

If you think 21st century women have it made as top flight executives, Chief Executive Officers and the ultimate holy grail of governance as Chairman of the Board of a multi national corporation, think again. Male captains of industry have been fortunate to have so many outstanding male examples to model as they ascend the …

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