If you are not valued by your boss, you want to know about it fast and have a clear plan to quickly change how you are perceived. I am sharing 11 signs you are not valued at work and what to do if any of these signs are what you are experiencing right now. There are plenty of actions you can proactively take that will quickly improve how others val…

Staff pointing out problems with initiatives, plans, activities and solutions can be really frustrating, annoying and sap team morale. Let negativity get out of hand and your team’s motivation and performance will start dropping. Just what any manager doesn’t want. Stopping negativity quicky stops your problems getting worse. I cover how to stop ne…

Every manager faces staff who refuse to do what you ask. Staff who don’t take direction cause you a lot of stress, anger, delays and uncomfortable questions from bosses and stakeholders. I share the winning actions to persuade staff to do as you ask. --- Resources Access all our prize winning management expertise for you to stand out from your peer…

How to lead when you are not the expert and deliver impressive results needs another set of skills, a different mindset, and a new approach. The good news is you (and any manager) will be able to learn exactly what is needed for success fairly quickly. I share the essential mindset changes you should make to be successful and the practical actions …

Developing talent in your team is one of the best ways to boost your own personal success as a manager. The more value and profit you can create directly and through your team, the more your bosses will want to give you more staff to manage (promotion). I will explain exactly how to boost your personal promotability and share 4 clever ways to boost…

How open & transparent should you be when leading and communicating? Management advice is to be authentic for good reason. Authenticity builds connections, relationships and trust, all of which increases performance in pretty much any team. You can lead and communicate too openly, where respect for you drops, where you damage your credibility and a…

How to lead and motivate managers in your team is different from how you manage employees. Managers have a different range of skills and expertise compared to employees. How to lead managers and get the best from your managers takes a few changes to your leadership style. I explain 5 big differences in leadership approach needed for success in lead…

Learn 3 practical approaches to get amazing team results and balance being helpful with being demanding. Being too helpful at work damages your credibility, reputation and job security. You can go all out to help your team and NOT be too helpful. Get amazing team results by using a specific approach that maximises the help you give while demanding …

Be fair not nice when leading teams and you will effortlessly be a lot more popular and a lot more effective in your job. Getting the balance right is not always easy. You can’t be too nice. You also can’t be a tyrant. I share critical skills for managing teams effectively, creating connection, building trusting relationships and increasing team pe…

Make change easier for any team by using 6 actions to reduce fears, provide purpose and help individuals learn and adapt to what is changing. If we don’t pay enough attention to the human side of change management with teams, the changes planned are going to be painful for everyone I share 6 key actions to make leading teams through change easier. …

Develop influence as a manager, or at any level, and you will be able to do more, deliver better results and be viewed as more valuable in your role. Build your influence at work and the great your effectiveness in your role and the greater your personal rewards. I share 5 principles for influencing others in the workplace. ---- Resources Access al…

Planning your work week as a manager is the different between doing a great job and doing an okay or even a poor job. The more people you manage, the more moving parts, demands and deliverables you have to stay on top of. Planning ahead at work gives you a ton of benefits. I share six actions for planning your week as a manager to be really effecti…

I am sharing 5 people skills to become a great leader. The ones I am discussing today are some of the most important people skills; the ones that every really great leader displays. Great leaders have the leadership skills to bring something out of us. To become a great people leader, encourage, inspire and motivate through how you make people feel…

As a leader or manager, how do you build great management skills in your organisation? How do you encourage the coaching of great management skills, so you are developing the next generation of managers AND upskilling the managers you currently have? I share tips and actions to help you encourage managers to develop their teams and in particular th…

Start quickly and successfully by implementing 5 actions for first week success as a new manager. Have a good first week and you set the stage for your ongoing success, you feel a lot more confident in yourself and your team will be a lot happier and more confident in you too. I share 5 actions to take in your first week – all great first time mana…

Resolving organisational conflict makes everyone’s lives better, more enjoyable and more productive plus it adds significant profit onto the business I share 4 ways and 10 steps to resolve organisational and inter team workplace conflicts. I also cover what is organisational conflict and provide organisational conflict examples. --- --- Learning ho…

Use 5 techniques to speak with the confidence of a leader. Communication skills are probably the most important skill set for leaders and managers. At the heart of leading others is building relationships, earning trust and making the lives of those you lead better. I share 5 techniques to speak like a leader, so you can feel more confident when sp…

There are lots of people problems managers can’t ignore if they want to have a happy and productive team. People problems in your team usually get worst over time if left alone and they will easily damage team performance. I share THE top 5 people problems managers shouldn’t ignore (in my opinion). --- How to Manager Difficult Employees (1 Day Cour…

You are in control of many of the factors that go into how to develop a winning team at work. You don’t need amazing people or big budgets to develop a winning team at work. I share 4 development strategies for team success and for developing team capability. --- --- Leadership success depends on growing others because the majority of the value you…

How great leaders hold employees accountable is an approach, a process and set of actions that works together to create accountability in individuals and teams. I share 5 interdependent actions essential for creating a culture of accountability in teams. --- Resources Access all our prize winning management expertise for you to stand out from your …

5 steps to ask for your next promotion at work takes you through how to prepare to make asking your boss almost a formality. Asking for a promotion is daunting enough. Learn exactly how to prepare so you are confident and much more likely to get a yes. --- --- Before you work out how to ask for a promotion at work, make yourself ready to be promote…

Preparing for your first board meeting is daunting. It doesn’t matter if you are a new director or if you are attending the first meeting of the board of directors in a new company. I am taking you through 4 key actions you should take in preparing for a board meeting to make sure you create the right impression and allow you to contribute fully. -…

To go from manager into your first executive level position is a big jump up in responsibility, pressure, influence and impact on the business you work for. Getting your first executive level position requires you to operate in a different way from your peers. I share 6 key areas to focus on to get your first executive position, to enable you to go…

I share 6 brilliant ways to encourage more teamwork at work. Most of us work in jobs where we depend on others to enable us to do our jobs well. Most company leaders and managers want more teamwork in the workplace because they know the company will be a lot better off. Learn more about how to create and encourage teamwork at work with any team. --…

We all want to build great relationships at work because great relationships make work enjoyable and enable you to deliver a lot more in your role. Quickly build great relationships at work and you get a ton of benefits personally and you help your team just a much. I share 5 ways quickly build great relationships at work. These principles and acti…

Knowing how to praise staff at work and being able to show your appreciation to your team is brilliant to build team motivation, a positive culture and help increase team performance. Everyone wants to be appreciated and valued. Learn exactly how to praise employees at work to maximise motivation and action. --- Course Links To learn exactly how to…

How to boost your productivity as a manager is different because your team’s productivity is more important, and you have a big influence over that productivity. I share 4 winning productivity tips for managers. These are the best actions you can take for how to be more productive at work as a manager. ---- ---- To boost your productivity at work a…

In my experience, there are 4 main reasons that staff perform badly. To learn how to handle poor performers and to be a lot more successful in managing teams, the actions you take should address each of these reasons. Remove poor performance from your team fairly, quickly and cheaply. --- --- Most workplaces are so busy with so many initiatives hap…

How to ask great questions as a leader is a skill that you can absolutely build no matter where you are today. Asking great questions as a leader gives you knowledge, insights, action, direction, opportunity, feedback, trust, and more Take these 8 actions to keep asking better and better questions as a leader at work ---- --- How to ask good questi…

Get your best employees to stay and you are likely to have a better performing team and a happier team. Your best employees stay because of relationships and loyalties as much as being in a good working environment where they feel they are progressing and developing. I explain 6 ways to get your best employees to stay. --- --- 6 ways to get good em…

How to give corrective feedback to an employee is a scary prospect when you don’t know how to do it or when you have had bad reactions with previous attempts If you don’t provide critical feedback, then it will be: 1. Harder for the other person to improve quickly 2. They may not realise that they are missing expectations 3. You are not really trea…

To be able to speak with clarity and confidence at work makes you more effective in your role and you are seen as more successful. To speak with confidence at work takes a little know how and some practice. That is all. I share 5 steps to help you speak with clarity at work. Speaking to others are key communication skills for any role and job ---- …

You should value a positive attitude before skills at work. I am going to explain why this is so important as an employee and as a manager thinking about who to promote and who to recruit. Work on your positive attitude. I share lots of tips of what to do and what to look for to build positive team cultures and get the best from your team in the pr…

Successfully managing employees in their first few months is crucial for their success, and have an impact on the success of the team. New joiners first few months are critical to creating a good impression, building positive relationships, getting to grips with their role – all of which set them up for success over the coming years. When new emplo…

Working out what your most valuable work is and do that work! Everyone has the same amount of time. What you do with the time you have is the most important thing to move from okay performance to amazing performance. Work out you most important priorities at work. I share 4 crucial prioritisation tips for managers. ---- ---- How to focus on your mo…

Managers need to improve team results. The main reason a company employs a manager in the first place is to improve team results by more than the cost of employing them. You, as a manager, are in a great position to help your team get the best results. I share 4 practical and very effective ways to help your team to their best results. ---- ---- Th…

How to keep your career moving upwards is a question most of us think about. We all want some progress, so we don’t get stuck doing the same job for ages. There are a lot of factors in how to keep your career moving. Climbing the corporate ladder starts with working hard and doing a good job. More is needed so you don’t lose momentum in your career…

How to influence people who don’t report to you is a really important skill to make you more effective at work. As you rise through the ranks, you are increasingly expected to influence without authority to deliver results and desired outcomes. The ability to influence employees who don’t report to you and influence people in other teams enables yo…

Being confident and self-confident at work is a very big deal – it helps you enjoy your job more, be more effective, be more influential and move your career forward faster. I share 10 actions for you to take to boost your self confidence at work. Some are short term, giving you improvements in days, others are longer term and very effective to bui…

Going from manager to director level is a big step and a difficult step. Firstly, there are few board director positions relative to senior manager positions. To secure one of the few director positions available you need to stand out and operate in a different way from your peers in senior manager roles. I share 7 actions to take to get your first…

How to control your nerves when presenting is a big deal when you have to stand up in front of an audience and speak. You might be presenting to a small group, in a team meeting, or giving a presentation on a stage. You worry your nerves during a presentation will make you freeze, make mistakes causing you to look silly. I share 4 brilliant actions…

There are 4 key reasons that stop staff performing at work. Most of the time, the manager of a team can influence or remove the reasons that stop staff performing. Learn different ways to reduce or remove the blockers to employee performance to reduce underperforming employees in your team. --- --- The 4 main reasons why employees under perform are…

Developing a learning mindset and mastering self-learning at work are critical to developing a management career. Very few managers get formal training which means if you want to get good, a growth mindset is a massive help. I explain what a learning mindset is, why it is so important to develop for managers and give you 5 tips to help you building…

The mistakes that lead to burnout at work are pretty easy to make if you are not watching out for them. Some burnout happens because of specific behaviours of employees. Even more burnout is caused by the mistakes of managers. I share 5 mistakes employees make and 5 mistakes managers make that lead to burnout at work. ---- To reduce the pressure on…

Managers use power and authority in so many different ways. The power and authority you gain from a position is only one type of power and I would argue, increasing ineffective - on its own - in today’s workplace. How managers and leaders use power and authority are a huge part of their effectiveness in their roles I explain how great managers use …

The goal of every manager should be to build a high performing team or at least a higher performing team. Team performance is how managers are assessed, and it is the core purpose of a manager’s role. I share 3 must do’s to build a high performing team based on my experience of turning around multiple underperforming teams and winning multiple “Bes…

Promoting an employee to manager is a very big deal. A great manager enables and increases team performance. A poor manager reduces team performance and increases team costs. Choosing to promote the right person is a very big deal for you, the team and the business. Learn 7 behavioural signs to look for when thinking about who to promote to manager…

How well do you deal with uncertainty at work? We all have to deal with uncertainty – businesses are always changing and adapting, so we do too. Yet humans hate uncertainty. Our brains translate it into a treat and our natural reactions are often unhelpful. I share 8 different ways to deal with uncertainty at work – 4 for you personally and 4 to he…

I know how to ask for and get a raise, yet I hate asking for a raise. Asking for a pay rise is an emotional big deal for most of us. Make sure you are using the best approach to absolutely get the pay rise you deserve – increase your salary today! ---- Additional Resources you will find useful: Get more FREE example scripts for how to ask your boss…

What should a manager do? What is the purpose of a manager? There are two fundamental outcomes a manager needs to deliver for the company that pays their salary. Deliver both well and you will have a great career in management. Don’t deliver either and you won’t last long. Learn what a manager needs to deliver, and I share some of the best ways to …