The ExtraOrdinary Leader Podcast Series

Many of our clients are taking the opportunity to redefine their purpose and sense of team. In this weeks podcast we discuss how creating a team charter, knowing your place in the world and uncovering your unique contribution can help you shape the...

The fresh air at or near the top of the corporate ladder smells fine. It is also the perfect microclimate to breed arrogance. During the 2020 Covid-19 health and financial crisis leaders can look for opportunities to guide their organisations...

Leaders cast a significant shadow in their organisations. At LeaderShape Consulting we have found that employees who have worked for the same leader for several years tend to share not only the strengths but also the weaknesses of their boss. This cuts...

Every aspiring leader can take steps to improve. One of the best places to start is to understand what you do well and capitalise on it. As Peter Drucker says, "Self-development is making oneself better at what one is already good at. It also means not...

We propose a radical approach to developing your leadership skills. Change your mindset. The best way to improve in one area may be to ignore it! Instead, you may do better to focus on a related area of improvement to gain faster results.

Leaders have several choices when receiving feedback. They can deny the information, they can choose simply to change their self perception or they can choose to change their leadership behaviour. Although rarely actioned this final option is the...

The fifth fatal flaw is the failure to make things happen. Aspiring leaders who lack initiative drive a huge nail into their own career coffins. Leaders must create and deliver results. They must be on the forefront of creating needed change.

Some managers seem to subscribe to the philosophy, "It doesn't matter if you win or lose, it's how you place the blame." These managers have fallen prey to the fourth fatal flaw - the lack of accountability. Leaders who do not assume complete...

Leaders are often beset by twin demons - arrogance and complacency. Perhaps these leaders feel threatened by good ideas coming from others. This lack of openness to new or different ideas is the third fatal flaw.

The second fatal flaw is the inability to build positive relationships as a leader. This flaw springs from two major sources: what we do wrong (errors of commission) and what we fail to do right (errors of omission).