Leadership

The Post of Christmas Present

December 24, 2014 in Business / Leadership / Technology tagged Customer Experience / Leadership / technology / Values by markconwayuk

The Post of Christmas Past

December 22, 2014 in Business / Leadership / Technology tagged Globalisation / internet / Leadership / Social Networks / technology by markconwayuk

Coaching Team — Reading Time: 4 minutesWelcome to Part 2 of Leadership Styles: The Coach Author, educator, and motivational speaker, Dr. William Arthur Ward wrote a phrase that I try to remember. It gives me personal strength to do the right thing, rather than the easy thing – ‘The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. [...]

The Coach ~ Leadership Styles – Part 2

October 15, 2011 in Leadership / People / Teams tagged Career / Coach / Coaching / Communication / Feedback / Leadership / Listening / Relationship / Success / Team by markconwayuk

Word Cloud - Elephant in the Room — Reading Time: 7 minutesI see two distinct types of ‘Elephant’ in my line of work…and two ways of tackling them. The Management Elephant and the Leadership Elephant. This blog focusses on the latter. If you missed Part 1 – An Elephant in the Room: Management breakthroughs, and are wondering what on earth I’m [...]

An Elephant in the Room Part 2 – Leadership Breakthroughs

September 20, 2011 in Business Skills / Leadership / People / Teams tagged Accountability / Business / Feedback / Goals / Honesty / Leader / Leadership / Relationship / Results / Success / Team / Vision by markconwayuk

Listening for the unsaid! — Reading Time: 4 minutesTo paraphrase Wikipedia – An “Elephant in the room” has become a management saying meaning an obvious truth that is being ignored or goes unaddressed. It applies to an obvious problem or risk no one wants to discuss and based on the idea that an elephant in a room would [...]

An Elephant in the Room Part 1 – Management Breakthroughs

September 18, 2011 in Leadership / Management / People / Teams tagged Discrimination / Elephant in the room / Feedback / Leader / Leadership / Performance / Relationship / Sabotage / Success / Team by markconwayuk

Mark Conway — Reading Time: 5 minutesThanks to those of you who took the time to complete the recent Top Leadership Challenges poll. The top 3 challenges as voted for by Think Oak! readers are: 1. Creating a high performance culture How leaders believe things should get done is a key driver of culture. Leaders establish [...]

Top Leadership Challenges – The Results

June 4, 2011 in Leadership / Management / People tagged Culture / Customer Services / Innocent / Leader / Leadership / Public Sector / Raving Fans / Team / Walt Disney by markconwayuk

Reading Time: 2 minutesMost people on earth with a TV have watched Star Wars. In ‘The Empire Strikes Back’, Yoda, the iconic Jedi Master says one line that has stuck with me ever since… “Do or do not. There is no try.” Those with passion, confidence and belief – Do; those without passion, [...]

Yoda said: ‘Do or do not. There is no try!’

March 19, 2011 in Leadership / People tagged Belief / Confidence / Leadership / Passion / Yoda by markconwayuk

Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ve had the pleasure over the last few weeks to come into contact with a number of people who have really inspired me. Some have been inspiring me for a number of years, some I’ve only just met. But what is it that makes someone inspirational? I’ve come up with a [...]

What makes someone inspirational?

February 19, 2011 in Leadership tagged Leadership by markconwayuk

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