What Stops you Becoming a Great Leader of Your Team/Company?

10 Top Reasons and ways to overcome them:

1. ‘I don’t have enough time’ - Finding the Time.



2. ‘We haven’t really got a clear vision’ - Creating an Emotive Vision.



3. ‘Our key goals are to grow our client base and increase profit’– This isn’t a Useful Goal, how to change it.



4. ‘We’re on roughly on track, I just hope we keep going’ – Getting a Clear Plan and Measurements Along the Way..



5. `We have so many meetings, I never get my work done’ – Time Effective Team Communication.



6. ‘There are personality clashes and emotional responses in team meetings that make it difficult to come to quick decisions’ – Team Relationships, How to Resolve Conflict.



7. ‘Our team’s great, its just the rest of the organization!’ – How to Move Past External Barriers and Still Achieve.



8. ‘If only we had a different boss we’d be more effective’ – Becoming a Great Leader.



9. ‘We’re all working as hard as we can and are exhausted’ – Managing Energy for Sustainable Success.



10. ‘No-one bothers to say thanks, its just onto the next thing’ – Celebrating Success.

rnIn the past, I was a commercial lawyer advising CEOs and Senior Executives and since becoming a Coach in 2001 I have specialized in Leadership Development, including CEO development and Senior Executive development. I have worked with 100s of leaders around the world, not only to become great leaders, but to learn how to gain high performance from their teams and therefore the companies they lead. I have experienced many forms of ‘Leadership Team Development’ that include teams playing games together and team coaches psycho-analysing all the team members and reporting back. What I didn’t see much of is HOW you get a team to improve performance. Managing to get a team of people to deliver for an organisation, whether that be a small business or a large global corporate is a tricky thing to do! The science behind group dynamics and collaborative entrepreneurship is continuously being evolved. The ability to Coach a Team whether that be the England football team, or a project management team within a bank is being studied in more depth. The successful strategies are becoming clearer. In this series of articles, I will address each of the key areas that prevent Leaders creating high performing teams and give exercises and tips for how to overcome these areas. The first problem is finding the time! In this Series of 10 articles, I will explore the common reasons why leaders fail to become a great leader and simply manage what they inherit with a few small changes here and there.