Call Yourself a Leader - Practical insights for Business Leaders in 10 minutes

This podcast acts as a summary of my recently produced white paper discussing  

'Why capable leadership teams and individuals get in the way of business growth and development— and how a few smart but simple adjustments unlock better judgement, better results and a more enjoyable ride'

If you really want to experience some fresh and useful thinking, I strongly suggest listening fully to this recording — coffee, phone off, towel over head, notebook at the ready and twelve uninterrupted minutes. It's meant to be listened to and argued with. Not in the sense of whether it is right or wrong, but what it means to you and your responsibilities.

You can discuss this recording, ask questions or obtain a copy of the white paper by emailing me at [email protected]. 

You can get copies of the book 'Call Yourself a Leader' at www.sixthsensebusiness.com.

If you are interested in participating in a leadership laboratory session, email me and I will send you the details ASAP.

You are only one fresh thought and action away from better results. 

If you have ever wondered why you can't seem to motivate yourself or others to do some of the important stuff that needs doing, this ten-minute podcast is for you.

We explore what underpins personal motivation, and I share some simple things that have worked well for my clients that you can use in order to find the motivation you need to keep moving forward.  

You probably took offence at the title here because you never have a bad attitude...... do you?

In this episode, we explore the hidden driver of performance: attitude. 

We explore where attitude comes from, correct a misunderstanding about how we create our attitude and offer some simple enquiry questions that can help you adjust and reframe your attitude (and help you deal with the attitude of others)

If you are interested in exploring my short, powerful Grounded Leaders breakthrough, message me ([email protected]), and I will get the details to you

In the final part of this four-part series on conversation and relationship-building, we explore the ultimate reason for communication in business: to drive action and outcomes. 

We'll look at some important ideas to ensure that when someone commits to an action, they will actually do it

In this podcast (part three of four in this exploration of the conversational cycle), we explore what to do when it's your turn to speak. How to minimise the risk that people misinterpret, ignore or forget your messages. 

You'll learn some common leadership language traps, how to balance brevity and clarity and the importance of channel selection AND how not to be boring. 

In this ten-minute episode, we explore the importance of understanding others' perspectives as the best way to create influence, inspire and collaborate with them. 

You'll learn how to create powerful questions, listen intently and use silence as a transformational tool. 

If you are a leader (or in Sales) a huge part of your job is building and managing relationships. It's also a deep source of frustration for many as people won't do what you want them to do or their attitude just stinks (in your assessment, of course)

 In this podcast, we explore some of the things you can do to build new connections and deepen those you already have

In this episode, we explore the importance of making good priority decisions,  revisit 'importance' and 'urgency' with the Eisenhower matrix. We'll also reveal  your hidden ranking method (preference)

In this wide-ranging conversation, Mark poked away at why I do coaching, which clients stay and which go and what's in it for the client and what's in it for me, the coach. 

If you are thinking about coming along to one of my events or having a conversation with me, this is well worth a listen. You'll pretty soon know if I am the kind of catalyst you want to move towards or run away from 

 If businesses and markets stood still, we wouldn’t have any need to think about planning.  In reality, there are always things changing; new opportunities to jump on and new land mines to avoid or work around

This means we have to make judgements and decisions about what to do in the future; therefore, we have to plan

Perhaps your boss, coach, mentor or even the bank has asked you to prepare a plan, or maybe you have come to your own conclusion that putting some effort into thinking about how to move forward.

Perhaps you have to develop a plan to meet certain targets or objectives, to implement a change or maybe develop a longer-term strategy for your company or function 

In this podcast, I will take you through five simple thought exercises to help you create powerful, implementable plans that get results and drive change.

There is a workbook to accompany this podcast. Just email me at [email protected]