by anna | Mar 4, 2016 | Stepping up to Leadership
The title is based on the assumption that we all have the potential to inspire others. I am convinced that if we want to, each of us can tap into our potential today and release a little of our inner leader with three simple steps. Connect with who and what you care...
by anna | Mar 4, 2016 | Build better relationships, Film, Leadership
I recently returned from a visit to the Almeria coastline in Spain where I found myself visiting the film set of ‘Once Upon a Time in the West’, my all time favourite film. I was reminded of the day when my father came home and announced. “I’ve just seen a film where...
by anna | Mar 1, 2016 | Build better relationships, Leadership, Working effectively across the organisation
Leadership characteristics include the courage to override a short-term approach to focus on things that really matter. For a family emergency, most of us would let go of what had appeared just seconds before to be the most important tasks.. We are prepared to...
by anna | Oct 13, 2011 | Leadership
Taken from a talk I gave at the ICAEW Annual Practice Conference 2011 Being able to work through others is a fundamental skill for a leader. As a leader, your focus includes: Working with peers to set and communicate direction and identify new opportunities Inspiring...
by anna | Mar 17, 2011 | Build better relationships
A way of moving forward with a difficult relationship or communication is to spend five minutes trying to understand the other person’s perspective and connect with what they are feeling. This may help you gain new insights and perhaps enable you to develop new...
by anna | Jan 6, 2011 | Build better relationships
I have found that one of the most powerful tools for increasing the engagement and motivation of others, whether a member of my team, a colleague, my boss or my family is ‘truly listening’. Truly listening means suspending my own agenda for a moment and...
by anna | Nov 30, 2010 | Working effectively across the organisation
A hypothesis: Building on existing behaviours and preferences rather than trying to change them, will result in more cross functional opportunities. Encouraging Partners from different functional areas (e.g. audit and tax) to work together in a way that creates new...
by anna | Nov 3, 2010 | Increase your resilience
These are two of my favourite quotes. “He couldn’t stand being afraid. When he found something that scared him, he’d just do it ‘til the fear went away.” The Bodyguard 1992 ‘As they neared the gates, he saw a large guard dog with huge teeth and red eyes. It was...
by anna | Oct 19, 2010 | Build better relationships
One of the most important features of building engagement is to cultivate relationships based on trust. Two things you can implement immediately to increase levels of trust: Increase frequency of interactions – so if you see a person or a team once a month,...
by anna | Sep 16, 2010 | Cost effectiveness
I think you can Times are hard. Motivating and developing your next generation leaders in a cost effective way is essential. Measuring the cost effectiveness of leadership development is not easy and a great deal of effort has been put into developing ways of doing...
