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10 Ways to Build Trust with Employees
By Michael Levy Successful leaders develop relationships with their team based on trust. Employees, when they feel trusted, supported and engaged, will give special effort to leaders they trust. Because the opposite is also true: employees rarely excel under the punitive thumb of someone they do not trust and who they feel does not trust…
Read MoreOpposing Leadership Virtues
Leadership is commonly understood in terms of balancing two basic dualities. Strategic versus operational leadership defines the “what” of a leader’s work. Are you positioning your company to be competitive down the road and driving to produce results now? Forceful versus enabling leadership has to do with the “how”. Can you take the lead and…
Read MoreFacilitation, Coaching and Mentoring
Every person that takes part in one of LMI’s Programmes is facilitated through our unique process by a fully trained member of the LMI team. The facilitator not only imparts knowledge and feedback but also acts as a coach and mentor to the participant. LMI is not a coaching and mentoring organization but it forms…
Read MoreFacilitation, Coaching and Mentoring
Every person that takes part in one of LMI’s Programmes is facilitated through our unique process by a fully trained member of the LMI team. The facilitator not only imparts knowledge and feedback but also acts as a coach and mentor to the participant. LMI is not a coaching and mentoring organization but it forms…
Read MoreManaging a High Performance Environment
In workplaces all over the UK, there is a drive to improve performance – to obtain better quality and greater productivity. To do so is essential for national and international success in a highly competitive global market – for many, it’s simply a must for organisational survival. But generating better quality and greater productivity is…
Read MoreInspiration and Affirmation Notes
LMI’s development programmes are designed to inspire people and to give them self belief so that they can become better leaders of themselves and other people. We all need affirmations and inspiration to help us keep going in spite of the obstacles that stand in our way. Determination and persistence are just one of the…
Read MoreSix Qualities of a Top Performer – do you have them?
From Michael Levy From over decades of working with people from every level, in small to very large organisations, across every sector, we have found there are six characteristics or qualities that almost every top performer shares; and conversely, are under developed or missing in people not considered top performers. 1. Focus All top performers…
Read MoreAre you a Task Manager or a People Manager?
This is not a fictional story and the changes took place over many weeks. As a scenario many can relate to, its clear from my conversations with managers, that tinkering with possible solutions only produces a short term fix. One of my clients, Ray, a senior financial services manager in his early 30’s commented, “I…
Read More10 Flaws of a Bad Leader
10 Flaws of a Bad Leader A recent study revealed the top 10 flaws of a bad leader. Although a leader may think strategically and drive for results, it’s a common occurrence for the very same leader to reach a success plateau where cooperation thins and frustrations escalate. Leaders can become stale and their boss…
Read MoreThirteen Attributes of Leadership
Leadership is not about popularity. Leadership is not about charisma. Leaders, like the rest of us experience moments of self doubt and inner turmoil. This results in questioning their own character and judgement with honest reflection and a commitment to action. As the ethic says “He (sic) who does not increase his knowledge, decreases it.”…
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