Part 2: A leadership coaching journey – Delegation and team working

This is the second instalment of an exploration of one person's leadership coaching experience. This is a real client, who kindly agreed to become a case study, with details changed to maintain his anonymity. "Andrew" was the newly appointed MD ...

By |2021-06-01T11:57:08+00:00August 31st, 2019|Coaching, Leadership|0 Comments

Myth #5: Perfectionism is an allowable weakness

In the fifth of my series on workplace myths, I'm turning my attention to perfectionism. I'm sure you're all familiar with this hackneyed exchange: Interviewer: "What are your weaknesses?" Candidate: "Well sometimes I can get a bit perfectionist about my ...

By |2020-09-04T09:34:03+00:00March 31st, 2019|Emotions & Thinking, Leadership, Opinion Pieces|3 Comments

Delegation: The art of self-management?

Last month, I discussed the dimensions of delegation, which prompted one reader to tell me that, for him, the hardest part of delegating is managing his own responses - dealing with frustration and reining in his inner control freak, for ...

By |2020-09-04T09:41:38+00:00September 28th, 2018|Developing Career Potential, Leadership|3 Comments

Giving it all away? Seven dimensions of delegation

Getting someone else to carry out tasks on your behalf is a key management skill and one that a lot of people struggle with. They micro-manage and interfere too much or they abdicate responsibility and leave people floundering. There's no ...

By |2020-08-28T12:40:56+00:00August 30th, 2018|Developing Career Potential, Leadership|8 Comments
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