Get Confident » talent

Deliver solutions

Roger — Wed, 06 May 2009 08:36:03 +0000

You’ve got one question wrong…how frustrating is it to be told but without knowing which answer needs re-addressing, that’s like eating a sandwich with the cling film still on, a bit tasteless.

You have a spelling mistake on the ‘testimonials’ page of your website; “perfromance” should be replaced with “performance.”

Business leaders, managers and colleagues want solutions not more work to do, make it easy for them and your profile will rise.

Lewis Hamilton – still learning

Roger — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:19:19 +0000

Critics have been swift to savage Lewis Hamilton the British Formula One World Champion for ‘lying’ at the Malaysian grand prix to race officials. Consequently both Lewis and his McLaren team have been disqualified from the race and await further punishment from the FIA governing body.

How this incident will affect Lewis Hamilton’s reputation in the long term remains to be see.

Lewis is still a young man, how he will be remembered depends on how he conducts himself from now on; it’s not too late for him to establish his name as one of the all-time greats. Perhaps even to transpose his ‘brand’ beyond Formula One. Those who have sought to criticize the young man would benefit from a moments reflection; what would they have done in his situation?

Almost without exception, most people ‘tow-the-company-line’ and go-along with the instruction of their employer. It is the exceptional individual who is true to themselves irrespective of the consequences.

Lewis may be talented and marketable enough to live with the outcomes of such independence. After all, this is the mark of true talent!

Tough times for business – Fight Through

Roger — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:19:59 +0000

It’s tempting, in the face of challenging financial conditions to cut-back on all expenditure save for that absolutely necessary for survival.

Behaviour designed to enable the business to survive can have self-fulfilling outcomes however, meaning the organisation mearly makes it through and exists only.

OK, continuing to trade is a given, but what if this is at the expense of missed opportunities?

British Army military training offers an alternative strategy, it’s called ‘fight -through’ in essence it’s this:

when the enemy engages you they expect you to be shocked and probably get bogged down or retreat, you do exactly the opposite and take the fight to the enemy, it’s the last thing they expect and can, when executed well (requires talent, good training and confidence) lead to victory.

Applied to business right now it means, increasing the talent within your organisation, focussing on the key business issues, investing in the areas likely to make a real difference to your business.

Strengthen and develop your team, they are the ones who will influence/persuade and keep your customers with you.

Belief and attitude are powerful drivers, if your people feel you are supporting them and investing in them, they will reciprocate in spades. No employee wants to live a life ‘on-hold,’ sitting-tight until things get better.

Go-getters want action and have the energy to deliver, use this to your advantage; take the fight to the market, fight-through.