David Summerton Business Consulting
Why Am I Failing As A Leader? The job is never easy and you are juggling with a wide range of issues and pressures that you cannot always control: so no surprises that sometimes frustration sets in and failure comes along. The trick is to think about the reasons for that failure and to learn …
What Should Be In Your PERSONAL Mission Statement All organisations need a Mission Statement -it is an essential guide to activity and purpose. Just like any organisation you need to have a Mission Statement for yourself, so that you know where you are going and how you intend to get there. The best way to …
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How To Get Promoted - 5 Key Success Factors To be successful in your workplace, and to really develop your career, you have to focus upon 5 critical areas and to put all of your effort into them in equal measure. These are as follows: Having a growth mindset: this means being solution focused, open …
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The Rules For Personal Growth Growing into the career that you want or the management job that you are chasing is not a quick, ten minute fix and something that needs constant work and refinement. What we really want to achieve takes time and effort but the most successful people around us have got there …
Resilience – You’ve Got This! Failures and crises are an inevitable part of our personal and professional life. They can be devastating, life-changing, and transformative. They can make or break a career, a family, ruin domestic and working relationships and working cultures, and potentially break a business, with detrimental effects for all concerned. Although mistakes …
How To Be More Motivated Recognise that there are many things to be grateful for. You have achieved many different things and accomplished difficult and challenging tasks so you know that you have skills and behaviours that those around you value. This mindset is your key to further success. Choose to do one task that …
Management Skills That Guarantee Success The managers who succeed and progress have a range of skills and behaviours that they have worked hard to develop and use to progress their careers. These skills and behaviours are always built around the following areas: Honesty: being totally clear and reliable in their approach, whatever the situation and …
Three Outstanding Management Techniques To Realise Your Potential There are three really simple techniques that will have a dramatic impact upon your performance as a Manager: Setting Direction – spend around 25% of your time and attention setting a shared sense of purpose that all your team can see, recognise and buy into. This …
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Four Ways To Improve Your Life Be more decisive about your decision making Whether it’s your relationships, finances, health, or other areas that matter in your life, be more thoughtful about what you’re doing and whether you’re making the best choices. This will help you to develop a stronger sense of self and identity, a …
What Does Personal Best Practice Look Like? Make sure that you cover the following bases all day, every day to really stand out from the crowd. Attention to detail Patient and calm Open to questions and input from others Able to communicate your ideas verbally and in writing Be able to present and use effective …
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