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Motivation - Some Things Never Change - Click To Read Article
Motivation and our natural tendency to use 'carrot and stick' to motivate - and why it has the opposite effect!

Making the Transition - Click To Read Article
Consistency in any organisation is vital to ensure results. Leadership, structure, systems and consistent delivery create growth. But as organisational growth occurs and it outgrows its present structure and systems, then these need to change. A lack of change will cause instability and growth will stall.

Who's Driving - Click To Read Article
Who is in control - and who is driving culture in your company?

Walk of Gratitude - Click To Read Article
Practice your 'Walk of Gratitude' and experience very positive 'what goes around comes around'!

Structure For Success - Click To Read Article
Success in business comes through leadership and the right structure.

Forward Planning - Click To Read Article
Planning for success in 2011

The Gerber Method - Click To Read Article
If all else fails in business go back to the basics - E-Myth Revisited.

Motivation and Ability - Click To Read Article
The 'Influencer' program from VitalSmarts talks about people doing things for two reasons - they want to do and / or they can. In other words they are motivated to do something, or they feel they are able to.

High Performance - Click To Read Article
After recently discussing with a client their high performance model, I realised that it may not actually be one!

Trust in a New Age - Click To Read Article
Steven Covey [junior] wrote a very interesting and engaging book called "The Speed of Trust" - the one thing that changes everything!

Gratitude - Click To Read Article
If you observe your emotions quite carefully, you may notice that emotions shift and change like the weather.

Values - Click To Read Article
Values and Lack of Accountability

Why Me? - Click To Read Article
Why are bad things happening to me?

Make it a Really Good One - Click To Read Article
Our lives are the sum total of the choices we make and the things we do each day.

The Need for a Skill - Click To Read Article
Dealing with harassment and bullying within a workplace is sometimes a motivation problem as well as an ability problem.

Lexington - Click To Read Article
The Living Years

Developing Outstanding Employees - Click To Read Article
If your workplace environment is 'just a job' then you need to change the environment. If there is no change in environment there will definitely be no change in behaviour!

Execution - The Power of Getting Things Done. - Click To Read Article
The biggest frustration in life is - all talk and no action. We are all goal setting machines and like to know we are making progress. Maximum progress is directly proportional little to no frustration

Laser Like Focus - Click To Read Article
Teams that are aligned are happy and perform at a consistently higher level

Inspiring Generation Y - Click To Read Article
A different approach will get a much better result!

Good to be Great - Click To Read Article
It seems like the market has shifted in a positive direction people in business have energy about moving forward. The media have also maintained their consistent 'doom and gloom' outlook, but now it relates to concerns about increasing interest rates! So it must be a good time to grow! Having said that there are a number of lessons to be learnt from recent times in what works and causes sustainability - and what will likely not last.

The End Game - Click To Read Article
The 'End Game' is probably best described as the goal at the end of the road. For a small business it might be a profitable sale, or being replaced by a General Manager and 'go to beach'! For a large organisation it will be the realisation of a vision.

Leaders Build TRUST - Click To Read Article
The primary role of a leader is to build an extraordinary team. And extraordinary teams sre built upon a high level of trust.

The Power of Influence - Click To Read Article
There are numbers of signs in the market right now that for many indicate that 2010 will be much improved on 2009! What this means is that the 'headlights' of new opportunities will be back on again and it is business as usual.

The Power of Prioritising - Click To Read Article
As we reflect back on 2009, it was a year of change and uncertainty. Many organisations could be compared to a sporting team under pressure. When the market is going their way then everything is working and confidence is high. However when the pressure is on the weaknesses become very apparent and the cracks starts to appear.

What Running a Business is all about - Click To Read Article
What does it take to get a business actually working for you? The management of more than just a business is the management of time and what happens in that time. It is also simply a matter of changing beliefs.

Transforming Performance by Improving Thinking. - Click To Read Article
Great leaders get the people to become leaders themselves by getting them to be great thinkers and problem solvers.

The Art of Relationships within Organisations - Click To Read Article
Building relatinships with the [right] people in organisations is vital to success. Leadership and friendship do indeed go hand in hand.

The Art of Strategic Thinking - Click To Read Article
When it comes to thinking, planning, and acting strategically, few companies actually succeed! Having said that these companies can still run well, maintain, grow, and be present in the marketplace. But these companies will never be great! They will never be extraordinary places to work, nor will they be outstanding companies to do business with.

Succession and Leaving a Legacy - Click To Read Article
Succession is always a challenge in business - it needs to become a planned process of continuity. It's a bit like carrying a serviceable spare tyre in your car. You never planed to have a flat tyre but you did plan to get there regardless!

Purpose is the Starting Point of Success - Click To Read Article
Establish you purpose - Individuals, businesses and organisations with a clear sense of purpose experience significant growth and success

Permission to Succeed - Click To Read Article
Our people know how to 'maintain' but are often never taught to win. Create maximum performance by creating an environment whereby high performance is the standard

Managing Change - Click To Read Article
Managing Change is all about organisational development. Change itself is simple - people adapting to change can be complex and frought with frustration.

Managing and Maintaining Performance - Click To Read Article
The art of building and maintaining teams and managing and maintaining performance is exactly that - an art! For some it is impossible, others a mystery, and yet for some it is second nature!

Maintianing Good Organisational Health - Click To Read Article
6 years on and the business of coaching is a constant learning curve. There is an endless supply of variables which makes what we do always interesting, challenging and never dull.

Leadership in Business and Personal Growth - Click To Read Article
With leadership in business and n life comes accountability and the need for integrity. Leadership is more a way of life than a title. With accepting the resonsibility of leadership comes the positive impact [ot otherwise] that your decisions will have upon your people

Equipping Your People for Success - Click To Read Article
Success in business is all about equipping your team to achieve excellence in their work.

Destination - The Journey - Click To Read Article
Success is always in the journey

Building Character - Move up when the pressure is on - Click To Read Article
Whilst it seems that the current financial situation was in some ways inevitable, it has created a fervour among the press somewhat like seagulls around a discarded packet of chips on the beach! We've heard the term 'bad news sells' and have proven the point repeatedly over the last few months. The challenge this creates within organisations is that it causes 'politics' and infighting because of uncertainty. Peoples' performance will suffer and decisions become clouded by personal needs rather than benefiting organisational goals and direction.

5 Temptations of a Leader - Click To Read Article
Leadership can be simple and also highly complex. Whilst it can be learnt it develops over time with application and making mistakes!

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About the Author: Geoff Flemming
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Geoff Flemming is the Director of Business Transformations, a well established coaching and consulting firm based in Victoria. Apart from Geoff's track record in senior management working with a range of Australian corporations, Geoff has been in the coaching field for 11 years. He has developed and delivered a range of leadership and behavioural change programs nationally through a range of industries. His specialty is in developing emerging leaders and working with fast growth organisations. Geoff has designed and successfully delivered leadership and executive coaching development programs through service industries such as retail security and salons, through to pharmacy groups and a number of franchise organisations. The primary outcome in organisations that have been through Geoff's programs is in the creation of a culture of leadership and high performance. That is teams of people who are aligned, communicate well, keep each other accountable and are intrinsically motivated to achieve the best possible result.

Geoff also runs Crucial Conversations Australia / New Zealand. This organisation is part of SevenSeventeen, the licensee for VitalSmarts products in Australia and New Zealand. Crucial Conversations now runs under license in more than 40 countries around. It is the consumate program for people in all walks of life to teach how to have tought conversations - and have them go well! http://www.crucialconversations.com.au



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More from Geoff Flemming
Make it a Really Good One
Execution The Power of Getting Things Done
Trust in a New Age
Permission to Succeed
Laser Like Focus


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