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Does personal branding really matter for leaders?

There are some great books around about personal branding, for example, Brand New You, by Simon Middleton. My favourite is The Language of Leaders by Kevin Murray, which takes a broader look at leadership, branding and communication. In his words:...

coaching · leadership · positive change · positive psychology · sales coaching

Effective Coaching – what’s new?

Sometimes you just have to return to something old to find something new... prior to running an executive coaching programme last month, I wanted to read something that would re-invigorate me and did my usual amazon ‘haul’. Funnily enough (but not...

Leader as a coach: Part 1

Essential skills and behaviours needed by a leader in order to be an effective coach to their team. PerspectiveLeader coaches are able to sort out the range of issues in a given situation, to see how they relate to each...

What if the ‘Best’ already exists?

Let’s just say you’re looking for a leadership competency framework; a coaching structure or even a set of sales behaviours to assess and benchmark your team with. Say you look externally, you buy in this expertise and set about training...

The Bland Leading the Bland!

Whilst running a series of Inspiring Action workshops for a leadership team recently, I was reminded of the power of Benjamin Zander and Nancy Duarte. Zander is the Conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra and an inspiring leader and speaker. For...