Jul 15, 2015

Why We Struggle to Delegate

Why We Struggle to Delegate

As a leader, we sometimes struggle to delegate and often fail to get results through people which limits you. You will often find that people have their reasons for this, as they might

Jul 8, 2015

How To Delegate

How To Delegate

In this post I would like to discuss how to properly delegate tasks to your team members. This is also a vitally important trait to have as a leader, but unfortunately it is

Jul 1, 2015

Delegation

Delegation

Delegation is up there as one of the most important skills to develop as a leader but often people feel reluctant to do so. New leaders or managers, and I include myself here,

Jun 24, 2015

Assertiveness

Assertiveness

What is assertiveness? If you look up the definition of assertiveness in various dictionaries, they will all same something along the lines of being confident. For me, there is one definition that I

Jun 17, 2015

Feedback - D4 Approach

Feedback - D4 Approach

In this post we will look at how to provide effective feedback using the D4 Based Method and was designed by the same people who brought you the Insights Colour Profiles D4 Approach

Jun 10, 2015

Feedback - SBI

Feedback - SBI

This is the first of two techniques which I will be exploring on how to give more effective, useful and valuable feedback. The technique is called SBI (Situation-Behavior-Impact) and was developed by Sloan

Jun 3, 2015

The Art of Feedback

The Art of Feedback

In this post I would like to talk about another topic that I regard to be vitally important, The Art of Feedback. I tend to find that many people don't provide

May 27, 2015

Insights - Sunshine Yellow

Insights - Sunshine Yellow

Today we will take a look at our last colour profile, the sunshine yellow. As with the previous posts we will learn how to better relate and collaborate with them, so lets see

May 20, 2015

Insights - Earth Green

Insights - Earth Green

Continuing with our Insights profiles, today we will be taking a look at the earth greens and explore what we can do in order to better interact with them. But first, as always,

May 13, 2015

Insights - Cool Blue

Insights - Cool Blue

In this second post, I'm going to explain how cool blues think so we can better understand how to interact with them. But first, here are some of their characteristics: * Reserved

May 6, 2015

Insights - Fiery Red

Insights - Fiery Red

This is the first of four posts that will go into a bit more depth on all of the different behavioural profiles in Insights. First up are fiery reds and below are some

Apr 29, 2015

Insights Overview

Insights Overview

Let me just say first off, that for me Insights is probably one of the most important things to learn in order to become a great leader or manager. Once you are able