Please don’t multitask!

Please don’t multitask! Future Leaders Blog – WATC India – 16 June 2017 In our last blog post we talked about the “busy bug”. Let’s continue our conversation this week with another symptom of the having the busy bug. Image via Shutterstock Multitasking has been hailed as a great thing for as long as we can remember. We actually think it’s a bad thing – and let us tell you why. Whenever you multitask you are not...

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To be a great leader, lead yourself!

To be a great leader, lead yourself! Future Leaders Blog – Wearethecity.com – 09 June 2017                                                                       image via shutterstock Effective leadership is not just about understanding the business and using the business tools effectively. No, great leaders also, and maybe more importantly, are great self-leaders. They know, lead and manage themselves in such a way that...

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Beware of the “busy bug”!

Beware of the “busy bug”! – Future Leaders Blog – Wearethecity INDIA – 09 June 2017 “Busy is a bug that a lot of people are addicted to” We are clearly seeing a growing “epidemic” – it is called the “busy bug”. Do you have it? Let’s explain what we mean. When we meet people we often ask them: “How are you?” How many times do you hear the answer: “I am so busy”? What are we all so busy doing? We have to...

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The Power of Questions

The Power of Questions – Future Leaders Blog – Wearethecity India – 07 June 2017 Last week we talked about really good leaders and explored what makes them great. We have found that great leaders share these three important characteristics: They are interested in other people  They are good at listening They know that they don’t know everything! When you add all of that up, you could say that great leaders artfully...

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Five ways to reboot your team

Five ways to reboot your team – Future Leaders Blog – wearethecity.com – 07 June 2017 Let’s look at how employee engagement – or lack of it – can impact your team and your business. Leaders and teams need to use their ‘engagement radar’ Everyone owns their own engagement. It’s not the manager’s sole responsibility to engage people, but leaders and managers still need to have their ‘engagement radar’ on, to assess how...

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