A recent study by Gallup (May 2019) into reasons why people leave confirm that 5 of the top 6 reasons people leave their job are influenced by the manager. Reasons people leave 32% - Career advancement/promotional opportunity 22% - Pay / Benefits 20% - Lack of fit for job 17% - Management/general work environment 8% - Flexibility/scheduling 2% - Job security

10 letters and 4 simple words but together they have a huge potential to build your team, staff retention and company results. The core role of a leader is to take the time out to speak with their people and ask them how they are doing. RdL recently partnered with the new CEO of a large medical facility. Together we took an approach of asking how people are and what do they need to provide better services to their patients and staff rather than coming in with our own views

With the ongoing turbulence of the commercial and political environment around us, the challenge of retaining key talent is more important than ever. If you want to keep your best employees around in the future, you must demonstrate to them that they have a future with your company. In order to prepare for a dynamic and sustainable future, organisations and workers alike must focus and partner with each other to not only address and fix what is not working but also look int

Being an outstanding leader is about being an amazing coach. Instead of wanting to maintain control and not empowering your people to do their job, a solid leader will coach and develop their people to enable them to achieve success, which ultimately leads to your success as a leader. Instead of jumping in and always giving the solution because you do not have time to coach and develop, hold back and ask the right questions so the coachee develops their mindset and thinking

I was recently asked by a client for my views of an incentive scheme. Incentives can either drive success or drive a silo mentality, so having the right scheme is critical to business success. There are 5 core principles of a successful incentive scheme: Firstly, the incentive should only be payable if the overall company achieves its results. This drives a team focus to ensure the company is a success, that then cascades down to a department, team, and individual level. Th