by Diana Tapp | Mar 11, 2019 | blog
Visionary leaders are those we often aspire to be like, such as Steve Jobs, Richard Branson or Walt Disney. We admire their ability to set a ‘big picture’ strategic direction and make it ‘come alive’ for their people. They inspire people to embrace change. There is...
by Diana Tapp | Mar 5, 2019 | blog
Great leaders are great learners. They would learn so much from honest feedback from their staff – if only staff would give it! Getting and learning from feedback isn’t always easy, but it’s necessary if you want to be the best leader. Most staff...
by Diana Tapp | Feb 26, 2019 | blog
Recent HBR research (“Why Your Meetings Stink”, Feb 2019) reveals that leaders spend 23 hours in meetings EVERY week, but that 8 of these hours are actually unproductive. Perhaps even more disconcerting for leaders is that while they believe the...
by Diana Tapp | Feb 18, 2019 | blog
People tend to be great at the easy 80% of their conversations. These are the conversations where you deliver ‘good news’ to your team, your manager or your customers or where you are responding to positive feedback. Most of us, however, are NOT great at...
by Diana Tapp | Feb 12, 2019 | blog
Imagine you are crossing a raging river with your team. The second section of the bridge collapses and you are stuck on a rock in the middle of the swirling, freezing water. Do you look behind and analyse why you are crossing the river? Or ask why you didn’t...