Richard Martin Articles

Why I Love Negative Feedback - Click To Read Article
We've all heard about feedback and why we need it. We've also heard that positive feedback is much better than negative feedback. In other words, if you want to achieve your goals and get others to work with you in achieving them, you must be positive. Unfortunately, this kind of new age mush obscures the real reasons for feedback. Even more important is the fact that negative feedback is infinitely better than positive feedback.

The Secrets of Morale and Cohesion - Click To Read Article
To become a world-class leader, an executive must have at least some appreciation and respect for the more ethereal aspects of leadership, such as morale, cohesion and esprit de corps. Even better is to have a profound understanding of these moral factors. They are not easily measured and can be quite fickle, even fragile. This article provides key distinctions between these concepts and helps to guide a leader in monitoring them.

Should I Decide with My Head or My Gut? - Click To Read Article
We can safely say that humans are decision making animals. However, just because we are constantly making decisions doesn’t mean that these decisions are necessarily rational. In fact, most of our decisions are not rational. They are made on the spur of the moment out of habit or, in more extreme circumstances, intuitively or instinctively. Intuition is essential in crises and emergencies, whereas a more deliberate approach is needed when time and circumstances permit. This article provides some rules of thumb to follow in rapid decision making

Making Resolutions about Goals - Click To Read Article
Yes, it’s that time of the year again. It’s the time when we make resolutions and set goals for ourselves for the New Year. This short article contains some helpful hints on how to set goals for the coming year, or the coming day.

How to Raise Your Planning IQ - Click To Read Article
Many brilliant strategies founder in the execution. However, there is an effective way to maximize the chances of success in implementing strategy by raising your "planning IQ." Whenever there is a need to implement a new strategy or intent, or even if confronted with a novel situation, it is always best to take some time to conduct a planning assessment. This can be done deliberately or hastily, formally or informally, individually or by a team. The important thing is to have a method that ensures you are considering all the likely scenarios and courses of action to achieve your goals. The following steps provide a template that can be applied to just about any situation and that ensures your plans will be well considered.

How to Achieve Goals through Thick and Thin - Click To Read Article
Winston Churchill reputedly kept the following aphorism on the wall above his desk: "Never, ever, ever, ever, ever give up." Great leaders have an uncanny ability to achieve their goals no matter what the obstacles and the situation. This level of adaptability depends on a few principles and techniques, which if adhered to through thick and thin, will contribute greatly to your success. This article provides a listing of techniques you can use right away to become a more effective leader in adversity.

Great Leaders Turn Adversity into Advantage - Click To Read Article
As a student of history, and military history in particular, I have always been impressed with the ability of famous leaders to seemingly bounce back from just about any difficulty or adversity. This is also true in the fields of sports, politics and business. In some ways, great leaders are also great survivors. They often thrive on chaos and adversity. No adversity seems too great to prevent them from finding some advantage. While I certainly don’t believe in deliberately creating difficulty, there are nonetheless some principles that you can apply to turn adversity to your advantage.

Foster Teamwork and Results through Project Management - Click To Read Article
Many companies are faced with increasingly complex and demanding competitive situations. Time to market is critical and they can no longer afford to spend many months, or even years, developing new products or responding to a changing competitive landscape. One of the reasons for this is internal barriers and "stovepipes" between functional areas. In addition, there are often marked cultural differences between these areas due to variations in professional ethos and education of specialists. Project management provides a way to lead change while getting around these limitations.

Crisis Leadership Reduces Stress and Improves Performance - Click To Read Article
Crises and emergencies are taxing to individuals, groups and organizations. Many people are automatically thrown into a fight-or-flight reaction, and others simply become depressed and passive. Either way, the stress on individuals and groups is significant and can be highly debilitating for performance. This article highlights techniques and principles you can use to lead in a crisis.

Counselling Employees To Build on Strengths - Click To Read Article
A current management fad is that we only truly improve by building on our strengths. Peter Drucker started this trend back in the fifties, but it has become increasingly popular in the last decade or so, especially with the writings of Marcus Buckingham, et al. Building on strengths is indeed the best way to improve performance and the key to success, whether in business or in life. This article provides some helpful pointers on counselling employees and subordinates to magnify their strengths and minimize their weaknesses.

12 Principles of Leadership Mastery - Click To Read Article
Surveys have shown that poor leadership is the leading cause of low employee morale. Correcting poor leadership should be on the top of every executive’s agenda for improvement. Many leadership mistakes can be corrected if managers and executives understand and apply a few simple yet powerful principles. A principle-centred approach is premised on the idea that leadership can be systematically taught and learned. The following list of principles represents a distillation of leadership expertise. Following it is one of the quickest and surest ways to achieve leadership mastery.


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