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?Let's chat about your lack of skill! ;-)

14/8/2022

Otherwise known as your skills gap!

✔ It's critical to be honest with yourself about your skill gaps if you want to lead a successful team or organisation.

So, how do you go about conducting a skills gap analysis?

1. Make a list of the abilities and attributes required for success.

2. Rate yourself on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest.

3. Determine which ones will have the greatest immediate impact. Mark your 'low hanging fruit' with a *.

4. Ask yourself honestly if you are capable of learning this skill. If the answer is no, develop a plan to look into outsourcing options.

5. If the answer is yes, establish a strategy for how you will learn it.

6. Then begin! Get started! Every day, do one thing to close this particular skill gap. Nobody is born knowing how to lead a team, write a blog or understand a P & L.

7. Work your way through your list gradually. Re-score and re-prioritize your goals once a month or once a quarter.

Go ahead and try it... I dare you.

Please let me know if I can assist you!

So, how are you finding recruitment at the moment?

1/8/2022

Loads of my clients have really struggled with recruiting good people recently.

Whereas pre-covid they’d get 30 decent applicants, nowadays they are lucky to get a couple. If that, in some cases! One business owner I spoke to recently said he’d started the recruitment process with a huge list of essential & desirable skills but would now be happy with just about anyone!

(I did remind him about the age-old wisdom - never fill a hole with an a#%hole! That’s never good for business!)

Anyhoo… it got us on to the subject of “is it time to invest in underperforming team members rather than struggle to recruit new ones?”

In my experience, most people actually want to do a good job.

They don’t want to go home every night feeling rubbish about themselves because they’ve done a bad job at work that day.

The main reasons why people underperform are…
1. Lack of skill
2. Lack of training
3. Lack of support
4. Lack of Will
5. Bad attitude

Numbers 1-3 can be fairly easily solved with the right development/coaching/training programme. Also, if this employee doesn’t seem capable of learning a specific thing, then perhaps they could be moved around to a position better suited to their skill set? Numbers 4 & 5 can be a bit trickier but can still be solved with the right coaching.

What’s your biggest team issue right now?
Recruiting or getting your team to do what you pay them to do?

If it’s the latter… I can help!

My Leadership team are squabbling and just don't get on!

1/8/2022

This seems to be a specialty for us nowadays!

We've yet to find a senior leadership team where everyone gets on.

There is often a lack of trust in each other which can lead to team members not speaking their minds, not buying in, not holding each other accountable.

And ultimately - a lack of results.

This is an issue that we deal with on a regular basis and have yet to find a team that hasn't benefitted tremendously from their coaching or training programme.

Have you ever experienced people squabbling at work?

Not a great atmosphere to work in, is it?

My life hasn’t always been rosy, to say the least…

24/7/2022

…but thankfully now, I’m one of the fortunate people who get to do what they absolutely love.

Helping people become the best version of themselves personally and professionally.

That’s what makes my heart sing.

So I’ve built a brilliant team who shares my passion and brings this type of transformation to more businesses and organisations the world over, in a hands-on, friendly, results-driven, professional but also deeply personal way.

In my entire career, I’ve never met a person or organisation that wouldn’t benefit from a good coach, mentor or trainer.

Whether you already know what you need or want some help figuring it out, I would love to talk to you.

No obligations: just an open and honest discussion to understand your problems and ambitions and see what we can do for you, your team and your business.

So, tell me … what makes your heart sing? 🎶

Do drop me a message below to arrange a chat.

#thoughtleadership

Hello lovelies!

3/7/2022

I seemed to have gained loads of new followers recently, so I thought I’d do a quick post about what I do and what I don’t do and a little about what it’s like working with me…

So, let’s start with what I do do! (Anyone else giggle like a 5-year-old when you say do-do? 😊)

Let’s talk about rapport building!

27/6/2022

Let’s talk about rapport building.

For the I’s and S’s on DISC profiling, rapport building is essential. They want to be your friend, they want to feel like and accepted so even if being talkative, warm and friendly is not your thing (that’s you… D’s and C’s!), it’s crucial to give them what they need.

Here are the top 10 barriers to rapport building...

Have you ever been on a DISC Workshop?

27/6/2022

I love DISC workshops! There is nothing quite like watching the lightbulb go on when people 'get it'.

They start to understand themselves better and more importantly, they understand how to get the best out of others. It’s great for improving relationships & communication within teams...

What are your top tips for building trust via email?

27/6/2022

Anyone for a rapport building hack ❓

If you haven't already, here are 3 great reasons why you should add your photograph to your email signature:

1. It helps with rapport building.
2...

What are your thoughts on training?

27/6/2022

Sadly, far too many managers are left to their own devices when it comes to managing their teams.

But, come on…be honest. Most of us have areas we need to develop! 😀

That could be in...

how many of these are you doing?

6/5/2022

I was recently asked what my top tips for success were, so here they are! They will work whether you are a business, NGO or charity!

1. Establish both a short and long-term vision, then plan on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.

2. Concentrate on your lead measures, which are the everyday tasks that will assist you in achieving your objectives. Make them quantifiable and specific.

3. Have a solid marketing strategy in place that you stick to no matter how busy you are...