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It’s easier to build on Right than Wrong. #leadershipdevelopment #transformational leadership Jun 21, 2023

We use a leadership diagnostic at Defy Expectations that looks at the key elements of leadership.  It asks a question about the process for...

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How to become a different of type of leader #executivecoaching #leadership #leadershipdevelopment #transformational leadership Mar 20, 2023

Some say that leaders are born, not made.  Most of the evidence says that leadership is a learned skill.  Anyone can be a leader, but...

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Just hold the wheel and hope you stay upright! #leadershipdevelopment #riskmanagement Nov 16, 2022

I have often thought that sailing was a great metaphor for life and business.  There you are bobbing along gently with a light breeze when...

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Optimising Productivity - The Difficult Art of Stopping #leadershipdevelopment performance May 25, 2022

As the business environment gets more and more difficult optimising productivity is increasingly important.  You cannot afford to waste any...

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It's not a good time to be a bad employer #defyexpectations #leadershipdevelopment leadership Nov 09, 2021

One can argue that there never has been a good time to be a bad employer, but history would tell you something different.  In times where jobs...

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Four Questions to ask at the end of a project #leadershipdevelopment Sep 02, 2021

I was talking the other day to a client who is nearing the successful end of a very large and complex project, one that had a high chance of...

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The Six common threads of leadership #leadershipdevelopment leadership May 04, 2021

When we set up Defy Expectations we had a very clear vision of leadership.  Leadership was not something confined to the few, to those who...

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The dark at the end of tunnel #leadershipdevelopment Mar 18, 2021

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Many companies now are looking at how they move people into the next phase of work and the answer is not an easy one because there are so many...

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G.R.I.T for everyone #careers #covid19leadership #defyexpectations #determination #grit #leadershipdevelopment Feb 24, 2021

Helen wrote an interesting piece in January about having G.R.I.T. OK, she was using it as an abbreviation for some qualities (Gratitude,...

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