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Lead Directory
The Lead Directory is designed so that you can find all the available resources related to being a high performance leader Obviously some topics can go across multiple areas of the website ... and therefore you may find an article or an audio represented in both the Align and the Lead sections. As best I can I try to keep the topics separate for you, but of course sometimes that proves difficult.
Remember, to lead with true confidence and self belief you must first start with You! So do make sure that you spend time in the Align section of the website ... using the resources and ideas that enable you to be the best possible version of you.
As always, if you think something is missing from these resources drop me an email and I'll work toward making sure your needs are met.
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Resolving Workplace Conflict
Audio
Resolving Conflict in the workplace can be challenging - but doesn't have to be time consuming. Listen to this audio and/or download the pdf to discover the four steps to resolving conflict. . . . keep reading
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Developing Team Values
Article
Developing Team Values is an important exercise. But applying your team values is critical to your organization's success. Discover a quick and easy way to develop team values. . . . keep reading
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Developing A Team Mission Statement
Article
The Team Mission Statement describes how you are going to go about bringing your Team Vision to life. Make sure as you are developing your team mission statement that you clearly voice the distinctive competence that your team will use to your competitive advantage. . . . keep reading
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Developing a Team Vision Statement
Developing a Team Vision is important ... but the leader's most critical role is to be able to bring the vision to life and use it to inspire, engage and energize people ... are your team member's laying 'darn bricks' or building a cathedral?? . . . keep reading
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Improving Workplace Productivity
Interview with Drew Stevens
In this interview I discuss with Drew Stevens the strategies, systems and mindset for Improving workplace productivity that we have both used with great success in high performance organizations. . . . keep reading
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Managing Your Boss
Article
Managing Your Boss is a set of skills that you just have to develop in order to successfully get ahead in your professional career. In this article discover what to do and most importantly what not to do. . . . keep reading
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Inspiring Trust In The Workplace
Trust is one of the building blocks to your team performing at their best. In this article discover the four things that people look for in you, their leader, before they extend their trust to you. . . . keep reading
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How to Handle Difficult People
The person with the most power in your team is the person who is the poorest performer. Unfortunately when you don't deal with poor performers quickly and effectively you can pretty much guarantee that your team's performance will decline ... . . . keep reading
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7 Easy Leadership Acts
Article
Your day is already pretty full so here are 7 Easy Leadership Activities that won't take too much time away from all those other pressing issues you are dealing with and will help you boost morale in the workplace . . . keep reading
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Characteristics Of A Good Leader
Article
The characteristics of a good leader are challenging to pin to one small list. In this article you will discover the Top 7 characteristics of good leadership that most high performance leaders seem to possess. . . . keep reading
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From Powerless to Powerful
Recorded Webinar
It is a deep rooted belief that many people have that in order for me to feel happy 'they' have to do what I want. And unfortunately it is this flawed belief that gets us all caught up and feeling out of kilter with ourselves and the greater world. . . . keep reading
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Holding Effective Meetings
E-Book
Being able to run efficiently and participate effectively in meetings is a crucial skill for your ongoing success. Download the "Holding Effective Meetings" e-book, a meeting assessment sheet and an agenda template . . . keep reading
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Organizational Goal Alignment
Article
The Organizational Goal Alignment Chart is a process that helps you to ensure that every single person in your organization is focused on the #1 priority your business needs to deliver. It's a simple process - and relatively easy to implement . . . keep reading
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Making A Good First Impression
Interview with Susan Dugdale
Making a good first impression is so important in your leadership career. What is your voice telling the world about you? Is it hindering or helping your success. In this interview Voice Coach Susan Dugdale provides tips . . . keep reading
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Managing The Individual to Develop Team Strength
Interview with Trevor O'sullivan
Who do you believe has the most power to control the success or otherwise of your team? The individuals or the team as a whole? In this interview Trevor O'Sullivan shares why he believes the leader's greatest power comes by managing the individual first. . . . keep reading
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There's No Business Without The Show
Interview with Tom Becka
Tom Becka is a succesful stand-up comic, radio talkshow host and sales manager - in the interview he shares with you some lessons to be learned from the world of show business . . . keep reading
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Delegation Checklist
Checklists
Extracted from the Delegation Planning Course, use this checklist to help your planning the next time you are going to delegate to one of your team members. . . . . . keep reading
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Changing Workplace Culture
Article
Is your workplace culture helping or hindering high performance? In this article discover the steps in re-designing an organizational culture. . . . keep reading
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Types of Conflict in the Workplace
Article
Whether you like it or not, at some point in time, you may find yourself in some type of conflict in the workplace. To help extricate yourself from this situation, here is a quick list of the most common types of conflict along with tips on how to resolve such situations . . . keep reading
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Stakeholder Analysis
Template
Use this form to help you identify the concerns and degree of influence that key stakeholders have as you are implementing a change. Then identify the key messages you need to deliver to get people on board. . . . keep reading
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Inspiring Change In The Workplace
Article
For most people, any change is uncomfortable. Inspiring people to change can be a challenge for any leader. Therefore, when leading change in the workplace, it is your job is to help people to see that whatever they've been doing in the past can no longer take place. . . . keep reading
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Developing A Responsibility Chart
Article
Want to clarify who has responsibility for approving and undertaking various activities in your team? Use the Responsibility Chart. It is a wonderful tool for clarifying responsibilities and can be a great . . . keep reading
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Effective Delegation Steps
Article
Learning how to delegate effectively is an important leadership and coaching tool. Use these six 'shortcut' steps to ensure anything you delegate gets done well and engages the person who is completing the task. . . . keep reading
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Task or People Leadership Styles
Self Assessment
Based on the Blake & Mouton model, use this self-assessment to ascertain if you are more task or people focused. Each style has their place in your leadership tool box, the trick is knowing when it is appropriate to be either a task or people focused leader. . . . keep reading
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Manager to Breakthrough Leader
Self-Assessment
This self-assessment identifies 99 areas of competency that enable a leader to be successful. And no, you do not need to be competent in all 99 areas to be successful! Complete it yourself and get others to rate you as well - . . . keep reading
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Reward & Recognition
Interview with Mike Ryan
Does your organization only reward high performers? Reward and Recognition expert Mike Ryan from Madison PG, offers some interesting views on this and offers tips to help you engage all team members . . . keep reading
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5 Reasons Why "Pay For Performance" Can Fail
By Stacey Barr
Do you have people who are being rewarded for performance that hasn't had a positive impact on the bottom-line? Read what the Performance Management Specialist, Stacey Barr, suggests might be causing it . . . keep reading
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Sample Team Pillars
Download
Here are a series of 8 Sample Team Pillars that will give you ideas for developing your team through the functional areas that are important to the team's success.
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Stages of Team Development Self-Assessment
Self-Assessment
Test Your Understanding of the Stages of Team Development - either take this self-assessment before reading the article series as a pre-competency check. And/or use it after to assess how well you have integrated the information. . . . keep reading
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Team Member Separation
Article
Resignations, Retirements and Firings are all part of organizational life. Here are a series of checklists and letters you can use for when the time comes that one of your team members resigns or you are deselecting (common vernacular - firing!) him or her. . . . keep reading
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Tame The Email Beast
Interview/Audio
Have you ever been trained in how to manage your inbox so that you control it rather than it controlling you? Listen in as Randy Dean the Email Sanity Expert gives you tips and techniques from his new book "Taming The Email Beast" so you are no longer chained to your desk in email overload . . . keep reading
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Benefits Of Reducing Human Error In The Workplace
Article by Filomena Sousa
Are you finding your team has been making many 'silly' mistakes? Did you know that 96% of workplace errors are attributed to 'human error'. This article from guest writer Filomena Sousa, CEO of Talsico helps you to understand what may be causing it and offers some keys to help you overcome human error. . . . keep reading
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Managing Stress in the Workplace
Article
Managing Stress in the Workplace has been widely researched. For decades experts have been trying to understand the impact of stress in the workplace. From a recently released UK report discover what you can do to reduce stress in the workplace. . . . keep reading
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Situational Leadership
Self-Assessment
Which Style Would You Use? - Take this self-assessment either prior to reading the page on Situational Leadership or use it after to test your integration of the knowledge. Being able to identify the right leadership approach to use for a given situation is important to your success. . . . keep reading
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Situational Leadership
Article
One way of leading does not fit all situations. Use this article to help you identify your prominent leadership style (which can be your downfall if you do not use it with care). Applying the tools this model offers helps you to chose the appropriate approach. . . . keep reading
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