Success is self created and rarely, if ever, gets handed to us on a silver platter. RdL's top 5 tips for success Have a dream and follow it Believe in yourself and don’t let others tell you otherwise Look after your people including your family Have fun Delegate for success Click the link  for Richard Branson’s view on success.

We all know the person in the company that shows great proactivity. They have this natural tendency to seek out what they feel needs to be done and dive in head first to get it done. This is great if everything they do is in line with the corporate strategy, but as we have all experienced, this is not always the case. So what is the solution for these people? If we choose to hold them back they will get frustrated, potentially do this behind our backs or even worse, they m

As leaders we often fall into the trap of feeling we are the architects of all solutions in the company. We are the ones who know best so we forge ahead with our ideas. The truth of the matter usually is that it is not the core leaders who are the architects of success but the everyday worker. They feel and experience the frustrations of poor processes or systems and/or poor leadership. We need to step back from the old style of leadership and empower our people to make dec

Once upon a time we use to want to get that company laptop and mobile phone so we felt more important. With the rapidly increasing development of smart digital technology, we are now faced with how do we better manager digital technology at the workplace – in fact everywhere? There is no doubt digital technology has assisted businesses grow and develop. Examples may include; Borderless communication Reduction in expenses – video calls rather than airfares for example Increa

Humans have a natural tendency to focus on the negatives and overlook the positives of our people, according to Professor Martin Seligman. Our brains and what we see are like Velcro for negatives and Teflon for positives. As leaders we can always see what is wrong but fail to see or appreciate what is right. Add to that the fact that people remember the bad far longer and more intensely than the rights and we have a double recipe for disaster and poor performance. Performan