In his book ‘The 4-Hour Workweek’, Tim Ferris dropped some profound productivity wisdom: “Never automate something that can be eliminated, and never delegate something that can be automated or streamlined. Otherwise, you waste someone else’s time instead of your own, which now wastes your hard-earned cash.”

The Performance-Culture matrix is a simple but powerful diagnostic tool to determine the suitability of a team member in the company. It allows the leadership team to quickly identify which of their team members need care and attention, up-skilling, alignment, or in some instances, to be managed out.

One of the challenges a young manager faces is how best to support a team member’s development to improve their performance. When do we teach, mentor, or coach? These ‘helping’ methods all feel similar, but they have very different and specific uses. Here is a quick guide.

This list was compiled by Edwin Miller based on his own experience. This list of mistakes is very helpful for first-time CEOs, and some of it is applicable to young leaders too.

One of the most essential life skills one should master is the ability to ask great questions. According to leadership expert John Maxwell, “Good leaders ask great questions”. Asking good questions is the very foundation of successful leadership.

Skills are important to consider when hiring someone new, but probing candidates on their willpower should also be an essential part of the hiring process

How can you maintain my friendship with my team, while still establishing authority? It all comes down to one word: ‘No.’

While imposter thoughts are often considered negative and detrimental to our self-esteem, there are surprising upsides to people having imposter thoughts in the workplace

To develop the skills of others, first we have to work on ourselves.

Most of us desire increased responsibility like being promoted to a manager or even a senior leadership position, but we don't often think of the corresponding power that comes with it, or how it can change us if we’re not wired to handle it.

If you’re planning a turnaround for 2023, here are 7 points I gathered from the ‘How to Change Your Workplace’ episode from the podcast Work Life with Adam Grant:

Leaders today need to learn to be more ‘human’ if they would want to connect with their team on a deeper level. To foster this type of leadership approach, here are some suggestions:

Any leader who has the courage to display more of their human side to their stakeholders will be able to connect with them at a deeper level. When they successfully do so, the business wins.

If you think that you’ve been operating as a TRADITIONAL LEADER and would like to change your leadership style, the good news is that nearly anyone can become a PEOPLE LEADER by practising these tips.

Here are a few things you can keep in mind if you’ve been recently promoted to lead an older and more experienced team than you.

If we don’t speak up or take action for what we believe in, we’ll regret it later. Here’s how to do it:

According to an article in Forbes, here are 7 traits we should emulate if we want to grow to become a courageous leader:

Confidence is often confused with courage. These words tend to be used interchangeably, when they really mean two very different things.

“The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.”

Here are the ‘Three E’s of Developing Leaders’ framework to do so:

12 leadership styles, heavily researched and curated.