Recently I met up with a senior colleague who is a truly exceptional manager: great at leading, great at delegating and outstanding at bringing out the best in their staff. Speaking with someone with such highly developed skills reminded me … Continued
Kate is the Regional General Manager, TAFE NSW West region. She is responsible for a region which is larger than France, stretching from Broken Hill to Lithgow and up to Queensland. Her region has 40,000 students, many in small, remote … Continued
Jai Waters is Principal Consultant and Executive Coach for the Chandler Macleod Group. She has extensive senior executive experience working in the NSW Public Sector where she was responsible for state-wide end-to-end customer services, including student and business systems. … Continued
Many of our clients want to work with us on leadership. So, we decided to start the year by asking leaders we know about the foundations and challenges of leadership. We begin the series with an interview with Rod Towney. … Continued
If you need your team to step up, you need to show them how. In the previous post, I introduced the topic of educational scaffolding, a method that enables a student to learn how to carry out a task independently … Continued
In previous posts we looked at how to set up successful delegation and how to follow up to ensure your delegation is successful. In this post, we look in more detail at one of the more complex issues that can … Continued
In the previous post we looked at setting the stage for effective delegation. This week we’re considering how to follow up to ensure that your delegation is successful. Effective delegation does not mean things will never go wrong. If a … Continued
Every manager needs to learn how to delegate effectively to be successful. Martin Zwilling comments that while some people find delegating easy, most of us struggle to get this important management skill right. He refers to Jan Yager’s time management … Continued
Gustav Vigeland, The Vigeland Installation, Frogner Park Following on from our recent posts about meetings, this week we are looking at the concept of respectful listening. A leader in a difficult meeting said, “If I’ve listened carefully, I heard you … Continued