Richard Branson’s 10 Rules for Being a Great Leader

Sir Richard Branson has 10 rules of being a great leader that has kept him ahead of the game throughout his career. He shares these in a recent book and we have an overview of them here.

Team Management Roles – PAEI Model

The PAEI model highlights four management roles that businesses need to be successful. Management teams become successful when managers and leaders demonstrate all four roles. In this post, we look at the 4 roles from the PAEI model.

Teamwork – Lessons From Geese

Geese provide an excellent example of great teamwork. In this post, we look at 5 lessons on teamwork that we can learn from geese. We hope you enjoy this quick read.

Are Leaders Born or Developed

Mintzberg’s Management Roles

Mintzberg's Management Roles describes the different roles a manager or leader has. A leader will need to do various roles throughout the day and Mintzberg's Management Roles helps to understand what they are.

Management By Wandering Around (MBWA)

Management by Wandering Around (MBWA) shows that in order to get the best from people and really understand what is going on in the team, a manager or leader needs to walk around and talk to the team. In this post, we look at how to make Management by Wandering Around work.

Are You Making These Leadership Mistakes?

Lots of people attend our Leadership Skills Training Course. Many of them seem to be making the same leadership mistakes. Are you making any of these leadership mistakes? See what the common mistakes are in this post.

Lessons From the Apprentice – Design a New Gadget

This weeks task on the Apprentice was to design and pitch a new household gadget.  Lord Sugar said that the success of the task would be very much down to the concept as the team who secured the most orders from two major retailers would win. The boys led by Azhar decided to focus on…

Lessons From the Apprentice – Print It and Sell It

So on the day the latest budget was announced, the new series of the BBC’s Apprentice starts.  Lord Alan Sugar has 12 new contestants competing for an investment in starting a new business, having him as a business partner. I can’t help but think – New Series, Same Lessons? Have these people not seen the…

Are Leaders Born or Developed

Are Great Leaders Born or Developed?

Are leaders born? Are leaders developed? In this post I look at the debate that often comes up in our leadership skills training course and offer some thoughts on this.

Business and Leadership Lessons from the Apprentice – Selling in France

This weeks task saw the team picking British products and selling them to French retailers. After a re-jig of the teams, Lord Sugar placed Tom in charge of Logic and Susan put herself forward to be in charge of Venture. The first job of the day was to split the teams and send one half…