Success is the accomplishment of a worthy aim or purpose. Success can mean almost anything, the “Worthy” part of the definition is what makes all the difference. It covers the beginner runner to the Olympic athlete. Even though there is a huge gap between them both, either can be successful in their endeavors because they…
“The secret of success is not in doing your own work, but in recognising the right person to do it.” – Andrew Carnegie The great American businessman and philanthropist died almost 100 year ago yet these powerful words still ring true today. The Art of Delegation is something that great leaders do well, yet so…
What Is The Best Leadership Style? Successful leaders can switch between styles as situations change to find the most effective style to overcome any new challenges. People stick to what they know, but overuse of leadership styles should be avoided especially the Commanding and Pacesetting leadership styles that if used incorrectly or repeatedly can…
Coaching Leadership Style The coaching leadership style focuses on developing people for the future by joining the development of individuals goals with the long term goals of an organization’s success. The coaching leadership style develops people professionally working on identifying weaknesses and improving their skill sets. When used correctly this leadership style is very beneficial to…
Pacesetting Leadership Style The Pacesetting leadership style is very results focused, it focuses on the end result more than the way the results are achieved. Leaders using the pacesetting leadership lifestyle expect excellent performance from their teams when results are below expectations the leader will often jump up to pick up the slack. Due to this “follow my…
Democratic Leadership Style The democratic leadership style is used to gain vital facts and information from the experts or those with the relevant knowledge in your team. It focuses more on listening than it does directing and encourages participation from employees. As a leader this leadership style is vital, you cannot be the best at everything and in a…
Affiliative Leadership Style As a leader, you will inevitably be challenged with situations where people will disagree with what you or others are saying or doing and there will be times of confrontation. Regardless of your best efforts these confrontations and the emotions that come attached to them cannot be avoided. Making mistakes or misjudging what…
Visionary Leadership Style Visionary leaders have a good understanding of the bigger picture and they communicate using their relevant experience confidently. A real visionary leader will not only explain where people are going they will also be able to explain why getting there is important and beneficial to the people they are communicating with. What is really impressive…
Commanding Leadership Style This is an “I tell, you do it” style of leadership. People that use the Commanding Leadership style want to get things done and they want them done quickly. There can be a time a need for this style of leadership but it should be used sparingly. Used correctly it is powerful in…
Are you aware of what leadership style or styles you are currently using? If the answer to this is no then great news! Learning what the leadership styles are is easy and will 100% help you to quickly become a more efficient and effective leader. There are so many different leadership theories and lots of them…
Who is Carol Dweck? Summary of who Carol Dweck is, what she has achieved and why what she says is worth listening to! Via Mindset Online What is Growth Mindset The short version with no big words, but still informative and accurate. If you’re new to the growth mindset this short outline will help you understand…
Are your emotions or the emotions of others you interact with holding you back from being as successful as you want to be? Back in 1996, Daniel Goleman drew back the curtains and literally wrote the book on Emotional Intelligence, in doing this he gave a new set of tools to many people who were previously…