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More Practice – Delivering a Powerful Message

Posted in Communication, Leadership by Morag Barrett on February 16, 2012 | No comments

In my earlier posts I have talked about the gap between knowing and doing and the importance of practice in learning new skills. This is particularly true when it comes to delivering a powerful message to others. Whether it be an all hands meeting, a team meeting or a conference...

Practice Makes Perfect… Even When You Can Already Do Something!

Posted in High Performing Teams, Leadership, Management, Mentoring, Uncategorized by Morag Barrett on February 12, 2012 | No comments

In a previous post I talked about the knowing vs doing gap and gave an example that occurs each time in our coaching program. Here I want to explore what happens after a workshop (or event in the workplace) and the importance of practice. We all know that practice helps...

Time Spent vs. Time WELL Spent

Posted in Cultivating Winning Relationships, High Performing Teams, Leadership, Management by Morag Barrett on February 3, 2012 | One comment

Tweet I am just finishing up a successful week, working with three senior level teams to build their team and individual effectiveness. Throughout the sessions the same challenge kept cropping up – what do I do when I am triple booked for meetings? How do I manage competing priorities /...

Do You Have A Best Friend At Work?

Posted in Cultivating Winning Relationships, High Performing Teams, Leadership, Trust by Morag Barrett on January 22, 2012 | No comments

Boys Laughing Whispering and Telling Secrets

I went out to dinner with some girlfriends last night. As I was driving home I was thinking about the stories we had shared, the highs, lows and challenges both in and out of work that we were facing. I was also aware of the renewed confidence and strength that the...

Who would want to work with you again?

Posted in High Performing Teams, Leadership, Management by Morag Barrett on January 13, 2012 | No comments

Much has been written on the attributes of an effective leader, however a simple exercise is to think back over your working life and identify those people (not just managers) whom you would jump at the chance to work with again. List out the attributes, characteristics that make them memorable....

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