Author Archives: Tim Taylor

Blaming Kills……

Some years back we built a tool to help managers understand Mindsets and how to maintain, what we termed, a leadership mindset – i.e. focused on vision, values and goals.  The premise being, everyone’s mindset shifts because of emotional triggers. Great leaders counter this natural phenomenon by creating a vision they are committed to, by defining

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Centred Leaders

Choosing a different path will help your productivity precisely because it reduces feelings of stress and overwhelm. 

Being centred brings you to a calm place within yourself, where you can notice your inner self, your energy and your connectedness to the energy around you.

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Companies that are led by passion are remarkable places

Companies that are led by passion are remarkable places to work because they hold the potential for greatness. When most of us think about start-ups, we build pictures of smart, young, vibrant entrepreneurs with technology to sell. When I think about start-ups, I am excited by experiencing passion that is so palpable it infects me

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Why change needs leadership

Organisations need people who challenge the status quo and look for new sources of value because business-as-usual leads to decline. Disruptors are everywhere and are very much part of the 21st-century competitive landscape. Step 1. Generate Urgency There are plenty of examples of companies that have been left behind because they didn’t have leadership looking into

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The biggest risk to business growth is the BOSS

If you are the BOSS then pay attention.   Generally speaking, most bosses I meet want to succeed and they want their businesses to grow.  This seems very reasonable, given the alternatives; no growth, little success or complete decline. Yet many businesses do suffer decline or no growth. When I get a call it usually starts with

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