By People Leaders | People Leaders Podcast
When we talk about people leadership, we’re also talking about leading yourself through your career and in areas of influence. No one knows this better than Vicki Bryce, Engagement Advisor for Melbourne Water. Prior to that, she worked as Office Manager to the Managing Director, a position she held and redefined for four years.
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One of our most popular downloads for people leaders is the High Performing Team Assessment Tool. We developed it to give managers a practical way to have open and honest discussions with their team.
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By People Leaders | People Leaders Podcast
When we do our Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) workshops with people, we’re often asked how team members can be the same type but be so different in so many areas, and vice versa. Not everything can be explained using the Myers-Briggs framework, but the answer is: they may have a different MBTI Step II result. There’s a lot of depth to the MBTi and that’s what we love about it.
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By People Leaders | People Leaders Podcast
Do you have what it takes to be a good people leader? We’ve thought long and hard about what makes good leadership. We’ve narrowed it down to what we believe are the top three skills based on our experience working with people leaders over the years.
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We all know what makes a good people leader, but have you ever thought about what people leaders might do that could hinder their leadership skills? Geoff McDonald, a speaker, author and prolific writer, speaks to us in this podcast about the common mistakes managers make too often.
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Today’s topic of choice is one we have found people leaders really struggle with, and can really open up so many opportunities for them: delegation. In coaching or workshops, we often hear managers say, “Yes, but I’m so busy, surely I can’t push any more work down on to the people that report to me.” Our […]
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By People Leaders | People Leaders Podcast
As the year draws to a close, we’re reflecting on the strategies and habits of the most effective managers and people leaders we have come across. We’ve worked with hundreds of people over the last year, so we’ve gathered a lot of insights into the most effective management and leadership skills in action. Today we’re going […]
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For some, being a perfectionist is seen as a good thing. For others, it’s a bad trait to have. We all have some understanding of what it means to be a perfectionist, but there’s more to it than meets the eye. So today we’re chatting about what perfectionism actually means, based on the research of Human Synergistics, which has been going on for around 40 years.
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We’re big believers in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and its benefits for the corporate world. But there’s another personality system we like to use, the Enneagram. We’ve been using it for over 20 years now, but for whatever reason, it doesn’t have the widespread interest in corporate Australia that it probably should have.
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This post is about one of the most impactful behavioural models we’ve come across in the last 18 years. It’s called ‘above the line and below the line’ where the line represents choice. We can choose to operate either above the line or below it.
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