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Ever wonder why leadership matters? One reason is because good leadership is about positive influence. But that isn't always easy, so...
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Stephen Lock
- Apr 24
- 1 min
Does Your Brain Need A Rest?
Sometimes leadership by example is the most powerful tool we have. But what if you've run out of steam? Maybe looking after yourself is...
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Stephen Lock
- Apr 24
- 2 min
A Seasonal Approach to Improvement
One reason why leadership is important in an organisation is because it helps us to get stuff done. To improve ourselves and our teams....
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Stephen Lock
- Apr 24
- 2 min
How To Be Happy At Work
How to become a leader? That's a big question, but one place I think it is helpful to start is with a little self-enquiry. Perhaps by...
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Stephen Lock
- Apr 24
- 2 min
How To Be More Coach-Like
An underappreciated leadership and management skill is the ability to coach people you work with. Here are three coaching tools you can...
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Stephen Lock
- Apr 24
- 2 min
What's Their Hero's Journey?
This is a companion piece to my previous post about finding your own heroic narrative. A few hours after I clicked publish, the universe...
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Stephen Lock
- Apr 24
- 2 min
What's Your Hero's Journey?
While the idea of heroic leadership isn't one I generally support, there's still something we can learn from epic storytelling. Photo by...
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Stephen Lock
- Apr 24
- 2 min
What Story Are You Telling Yourself?
One of my favourite leadership competencies is the ability of leaders to tell stories. This leadership skill starts with the stories we...
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Stephen Lock
- Apr 24
- 2 min
What if...?
This post was first published in January 2023, it's about helping leaders to keep going towards their best intentions. It's a funny time...
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Stephen Lock
- Apr 24
- 2 min
You Won't Change Anything Without This Tip
This post was first published at the end of 2022. It's about big changes achieved through small actions. Photo by Mick Haupt on Unsplash...
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Stephen Lock
- Apr 24
- 2 min
A Productivity Tip From Taoism
Achieving productivity and flow are two reasons why leadership is important in an organization. Photo by kazuend on Unsplash This week's...
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Stephen Lock
- Apr 24
- 2 min
Rewards Are All Internal
Ever wondered how leadership affects employee performance? Thinking about where your own happiness comes from can really help you with...
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Stephen Lock
- Apr 24
- 2 min
How to Put Things In Perspective (2)
This is the second of two companion posts on getting perspective in life. The first post was about how taking responsibility for things...
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Stephen Lock
- Apr 24
- 3 min
How To Put Things In Perspective (1)
Sometimes the role of a coach is to help leaders to put things into perspective. To see things more clearly than they would on their own....
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Stephen Lock
- Apr 24
- 2 min
A Question to Fight Imposter Syndrome
Of all the leadership capabilities and leadership competencies coaches help with, one of the most common is overcoming imposter syndrome....
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Stephen Lock
- Apr 24
- 2 min
You Can Use This Powerful Coaching Tool
One way you can develop your leadership and management skills is to borrow a tool or two from coaching. Photo by Andrew Seaman on...
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Stephen Lock
- Apr 24
- 1 min
A Positive Message From Your Future
What is leadership reflection? Perhaps it is about putting things in perspective. About placing ourselves in the long arc of time. Photo...
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Stephen Lock
- Apr 24
- 2 min
A Psychological Approach to Motivation
One reason why leadership is important in business is that it can help us with motivation. Coaching can help us with motivating...
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