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When we make the statement that “effective leaders outperform ineffective leaders” in organisations the response from most people is “duh”.

All successful workplace relationships include 2 characteristics that are in short supply in busy workplaces where deadlines & achieving goals are all-important

Guest post by Dan Gregory and Kieran Flanagan

This article previously appeared in AIM for Management and Leadership Excellence, AIM’s bi-monthly magazine exclusively for AIM Members.

Guest post by Greg Roworth

One of the frequent complaints I hear from business owners is, “You just can’t get good people these days.”  

To this, I normally answer, “Well, what would attract the good people to come to work for you?” 

This normally places the responsibility where it belongs. You can’t get good people if you don’t create an environment in your business for good people to succeed and thrive. This takes practical leadership in setting up your business for your employees to succeed.

Guest post by Andrew O’Keefe

This article previously appeared in AIM for Management and Leadership Excellence, AIM’s bi-monthly magazine exclusively for AIM Members.

Leaders of social species all face the same sorts of challenges, and there’s much we can learn, in particular from our primate relatives. We take business leaders to zoos to observe how the great apes do it. The leader of a chimpanzee community is the one that most drives culture.

For many organisations, the euphemism “doing more with less” means simply to produce the same results, while using less people, resources and money.

Guest post by Janine Garner

 We are currently at a critical juncture in terms of the need for ‘future-proofing’ businesses, both large and small, and the way to do it is through a shift towards a new way of commercial thinking; collaboration, or the ‘We’ space.

 Why the critical nature of making sure that we are on the right track in terms of clarity of vision, positioning in the market place, the ability to step ahead of the pack - and perhaps, most importantly - a willingness to work and engage as leaders with our teams?

When you were young and searching for the meaning of life, can you recall someone, maybe a grandparent or a teacher; someone older, patient, and wise, who understood you

Consumers are more in control than ever before, simply because they are more connected than ever before. That is a fact!

My path to becoming a social entrepreneur was an accidental one. I had spent many years as a doctor specialising in the field of psychiatry.