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Confidence is king

{ Posted on Nov 09 2009 by Rob Borley }
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Categories : culture, leadership, management, solutions, team
Confidence plays an important role in many areas of our lives. You will often here it said of footballer, for example, that they are a confidence player. I know from my own inability to play golf that I become marginally less rubbish if I have confidence in ...Read More »

It’s OK to not know.

{ Posted on Oct 22 2009 by Rob Borley }
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Categories : culture, leadership, management, team
"I don't know" is actually a valid answer to a problem. "Let me think about that" is not an excuse to waste time. "I think I should discuss this problem with my peers" doesn't present you as incapable. No need to be infallible We ...Read More »

Make a path together

{ Posted on May 11 2009 by Rob Borley }
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Categories : leadership, team
Working with a team can be hard work. It's made even more difficult when you are not all pulling in the same direction. This is true whether you are running a small project team or a whole organisation. You have two ...Read More »

Warm body syndrome

{ Posted on Mar 16 2009 by Rob Borley }
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Categories : leadership, management, recruitment, team
We've all been there. There is a hole in your team, a job that needs to be done. Maybe somebody has moved on leaving a vacancy or your activities have expanded to such an extent that new skills or more ...Read More »

Management: productively unproductive

{ Posted on Nov 11 2008 by Rob Borley }
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Categories : leadership, management, team
Confidence plays a major part in leading a team. I'm not talking about a blind arrogance that assumes that you are always right but instead a confidence that leads you to feel that you do not have to constantly prove ...Read More »

Like breeds like…

{ Posted on Nov 03 2008 by Rob Borley }
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Categories : culture, leadership, management, team
If you have ever wondered why your team is what it is, then it is possible that you should look no further. Just like children often pick up traits, characteristics, and mannerisms of their parents, and "best friends" will find ...Read More »