David Summerton Business Consulting
Did I Have A Productive And Effective Working Day? Ask yourself the following questions at the end of the working day – be honest and be prepared to change tomorrow’s routines and activities if the answers are not as positive as they could be. Did I do my best to honestly and truthfully listen to …
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Do I Have Good Team Leadership Skills? Successful managers are just so because they know how to lead and manage their people – often, however, we do not take the time to evaluate how effective and efficient our Team might be or possibly because we are afraid of what we might uncover! Assessing the Team …
How To Organise An Excellent Team Positive management can transform an average team into one that is truly high-performing. The following steps will help you to get there: Set up a mission and vision statements that are clearly written and understood by everyone in the team. This then allows the team to understand what they …
How To Be An Excellent Leader Make sure that you practice acts of leadership your everyday life. Follow the paths of well-known role models who have mastered the art of Leadership. Do your research wisely and widely for maximum impact upon YOUR developing style of delivery. Select a Mentor – this person can give you …
12 Skills Of An Outstanding Manager Care about what it is that you do! Really care or do something else! Listen to everyone around you and take note of what they are saying. Understand and make sure that your working practices create happy staff because happy staff are productive staff Be easy to talk to, …
How Can I Assess My Team Members? Having and effective and efficient Team is not a gift, it does not happen purely by accident, there is no Divine Right to have an effective Team and the formation of the Team does not happen overnight – it takes real persistence and drive from the manager to …
How To Deliver An Excellent Pep Talk Our success in meeting challenges, dealing with change and just simply developing the business depends upon how well we can motivate and encourage our staff. The ability to deliver an inspiring talks that bolsters morale, generates enthusiasm and is a rallying call for action separates out the best …
Personal Success Audit – Being a Successful Leader Consider the following key questions and be honest with yourself in answering them. Unless you are supremely lucky to have a committed and enthusiastic Mentor working with you make sure that you ask yourself them on a regular basis and chart your progress accordingly! Remember – there …
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What Are The Key Differences Between Management And Leadership? Management Leadership Nuts and bolts Visionary Following policies, procedures, processes Make decisions Day to day Long term focus and view Can read it in a book Cannot be taught Improved through (standard) training and development experiences Natural born, charismatic though enhanced through self-awareness training Sat behind …
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Leading Your Team Into The Unknown When the unknown knocks on your door many people will instinctively shy away from it, be cautious, scared and apprehensive possibly, and prefer to leave this issue, whatever it is, to someone else. This is missing a big opportunity! Your capacity to lead your staff and your organisation/team into …
