Category: Manage myself

In a busy world, how can leaders ensure they are setting aside time to focus on creating their strategy? Three Chartered Managers share their thoughts.   Jillian Cable CMgr FIML CEO and Company Secretary, Venture Housing Company   As someone who survived a close encounter with terrorists; lost a step-son in a preventable incident; and […]

Young leader and registered psychologist, Rheza Tan CMgr MIML, lists how the mind impacts effective management. 1. MASTER THE LEADERSHIP MINDSET When I studied business, I found that many leadership concepts are drawn from psychology or informed by the science. The two main lessons that I keep in mind are: Look after people. Don’t just […]

Sir John Storey Award winner, Gemma Wood MIML, is thriving as an emerging leader in the male-dominated sector of engineering and infrastructure. Leadership Matters asked her for her tips on becoming a stand-out young leader.   1. BROADEN YOUR MIND I volunteered in Kenya and deliberately picked somewhere that’s basically as far away from home […]

By Anthony O’Brien   It’s not the start of an Irish joke, but what do search engine Google, retailer Target and bank JP Morgan, share in common? Apart from making plenty of moolah, these corporate heavyweights have introduced a commitment to mindfulness practices into their workplaces in recent years. While often associated with adherents to […]

By Peter Cullen FIML   Whilst facilitating, I often see a lot of blank faces when I ask the question ‘How do you know if you are behaving ethically in your workplace?’ These blank faces reflect the fact that ethical behaviour is not promoted or alive in many workplaces. This can expose organisations to all […]

Derek Parker offers an in-depth look into the latest book that examines seven attributes of inspiring leaders.   This is the follow-up and companion to the 2017 IML ANZ publication Leadership Matters: 7 Skills of Very Successful Leaders. That volume was concerned mainly with the technical abilities required in senior roles – what David Pich […]

Forward: To move in front, make progress and head towards the future. Nothing about this definition suggests standing still or lagging. It’s that forward focus that has defined many great leaders. They sought a clear vision of the future they wanted and made it a reality. Aspiring leaders, change-makers and influencers must have that same […]

By Emma Mulholland   Watching some of the most inspirational business leaders in action, it’s easy to forget that even they had to start somewhere. When they were younger, beginning their first-ever management role, they felt the same mixture of trepidation and excitement that every fledgling manager feels on their first day. So how can […]

By Andy McLean MIML   When most people are asked to name today’s greatest innovators, their answers are predictable. If I were given a dollar every time I heard the names “Richard Branson”, “Sheryl Sandberg” and “Larry Page” I would probably have seed funding for my own Silicon Valley startup. But one name that has […]