Passion

Passion surPasses Perfection, Polish and Poise when Public Speaking – By Peter Dhu

“Public speak with passion; Ensure your presentation is passionate; Make sure you let your passion come out”. This is all great advice as passion is one of the keys to public speaking and presentation skills. Without passion a polished and perfect presentation may fall flat and may not connect with your audience. Passion helps you to: 1. Demonstrate that you …

courageous leaders

How To Be A More Courageous Leader by Peter Dhu

We have all heard of situational leadership, authentic leadership, emotional leadership, and influential leadership. A less commonly used leadership term, but equally important, is that of courageous leadership. Courageous leadership is the area that I specialise in and fortunately courage is a trait that can be taught to all leaders. I help leaders overcome fear and be more courageous in …

Perspective

Everyone Has Their Own Perspective – By Violet Dhu

It’s not about being right. It’s about accepting that everyone has their own perspective.   Here’s a policy that we saw in a local restaurant while in downtown New York. So the old paradigm, “The Customer Is Always Right” has been discarded. Isn’t it ironic that something – such as our differences – that usually causes disputes and arguments could …

Resistant employees

How To Deal With Resistant Employees – by Violet Dhu

Resistant employees are generally those that don’t like change and don’t agree with feedback. They push back, disagree and react negatively to the change. This is not to be confused with employees who ask questions, put alternative views and even may disagree. Resistance is when the only way that they will come to the party is kicking and screaming and …

dissension

The Courage To Allow Dissension In The Meeting Room – by Violet Dhu

Do you as a leader, manager or supervisor allow and encourage your staff to disagree with you? Do you promote a culture of dissension within your workplace? Employees need to feel safe to disagree and dissent with something they don’t agree with. Recent studies have found that dissent plays an important role in helping organisations to thrive, innovate and grow. …