Personal Development

Am I a Leader ?

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Not everyone has what it takes to be a good leader. Leadership is not a quality that we are all born with. Some people can lead while others prefer to follow. However, quite often people who may think they don’t have what it takes to be a leader are actually wrong. Leadership isn’t about being right or smart. Just because somebody is successful or makes smart money decisions, doesn’t mean they are necessarily a good leader. Leadership is about recognising personal weaknesses while identifying strengths in others. The key to becoming a successful leader is identifying these leadership traits and being able to bring them out and utilise them. But to identify them, you need to ask yourself some key questions first:

A hectic day in Cluj

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Yesterday started at 7:30 AM with a trip to the television studios in Cluj, the main city in Transylvania in Romania..I have to say they looked after me incredibly well and were so professional and friendly. We were on air for about 15 minutes discussing exactly what coaching is and how it benefits people. It was broadcast nationally.

Another use for our Company Brochure

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After an initial three days in Bucharest
We then spent four days in the tiny town of Predal in the Carpathian mountains just south of Transylvania.
We had people from all over the country and some of our training team had flown in from other parts of Europe.
The scenery was spectacular.

Early morning walk to work along the promenade

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I do so much enjoy getting into work early like this, it is so quiet and serene and I find I am able to get so much work done before everyone else arrives at 9 AM.
Right now I’m organising a very special Introduction to Colour Coaching. We will hold it on the afternoon of Saturday, 13th November at the Corus Hotel on Bayswater Road in London. From 2 PM to 4 PM.
www.colour-coaching.com

Back from the residential last night,Off to Gdansk tonight.

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was also humbled by the commitment and effort that so many people made to be there.
I know that many people had to deal with lots of personal challenges and obstacles in order to attend this course.
We had people from 11 separate countries.
Scotland, Ireland, England, Netherlands, India, Austria, Poland, Slovenia, Romania, Egypt, Kenya.

Barriers to Success – Strategy or Execution?

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Recent studies have shown that organizations that have gone through the effort of developing a written strategy fail miserably at execution. According to Paul Niven in his book “The Balanced Scorecard”:

Interview on Canadian radio

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Last night I was interviewed by Denis Rancourt who is a well-known scientist, lecturer and radio host.
He runs a wonderful radio station details of which are on this blog site
http://trainradio.blogspot.com/