To connect with your team, you must listen 80% of the time. Early in my leadership career, I thought that it was the leader’s role to do most of the talking when in conversation with my team, or as individuals. I thought it was the leader’s role to stamp their […]

Whatever you do, never try to “wing it.” If you do that you will lose your credibility, your integrity, and damage your reputation. Have the courage, and have 100% certainty that you don’t know. I have been part of the engineering industry since 1999, and in that time I have […]

If you treat a person as if they were already what they strive to, or potentially they could be, then they will become that person. If you treat a person the same as everyone else, then they will not become that person. In most of the organisations, and the ones […]

When creating a leadership culture, positions don’t count. People are people, leaders are leaders. However, highly effective leaders know how to create a leadership culture. Embrace it. Becoming a highly effective leader is not a job position, and it is not part of a job description. Being a highly effective […]