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 | Sep 2, 2010 | Leadership
Is it the fear of losing control or is it the fear of not knowing exactly what you will do once you have delegated or is it a bit of both? The important first step is to understand that leaders cannot do everything themselves. Accepting this may be tough especially if...
by ACI | Jul 24, 2010 | Leadership
When you talk about the leadership of your organisation do you say ‘we’ or ‘they’? If you say ‘they’ you do not see yourself as a leader nor do you see that you have an overall responsibility for taking the organisation forward. This self perception communicates...