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What’s the difference you want to make, and what makes you different? ~ Roger Fairhead We are about to embark on the second year of The Disruption, and this time of year gives many people time to pause and to think about what we’re going to look back on next Christmas as 2021 draws to […]
“The Personal Productivity Planner is the planner I have always wanted.” So far in this mini-series, we have looked at the difference you want to make, and what makes you different. We then explored what you need to do to make your business Pandemic Tolerant and fit for the 21st Century and went on to […]
Identifying the outcomes that will make the difference you want to make become a reality. In the last few years, my wife Sue, and I have started some remodelling of our house. Our kitchen furniture had been installed by the previous occupants of our house and they had made a lovely family environment that has […]
When you know it in your “knower”. Some years ago, I was chatting with my friend Ernie, the leader of a local organisation, as people were gathering for an event, and as a couple passed us by, he enquired of me about them and their relationship, and then he said: “Don’t you just get the […]
Leadership Lessons from the Orchestra At a recent concert, I was sat in the middle of the first violin section of my local Symphony Orchestra playing pieces by Tchaikovsky, Walton and Dvorak. If you’ve ever been to watch an orchestra at a live event you’ll know there are some rather fun and somewhat antiquated elements of […]
If you want to lead people, they must trust you We need to consider how today’s ‘accepted business practices’ will stand up in light of tomorrow’s exposure?
Leaders with an abundance mentality and approach to their work focus on the possibilities rather than the problems, on what could be rather than what is, on what they want to do rather than on what’s convenient, on what they could achieve to make a difference.
What did the Professional Speaking Association ever do for us? Some years ago I decided I wanted to get fit and lose some weight, and so I started cycling. Initially, it was just an occasional trip out with some friends on our Mountain Bikes, and as my interest and fitness improved I started to […]
There is a storm going on right now for many businesses in the midst of this pandemic, where uncertainty is causing staff to dwell in the storm for far longer than they need to. If the team can’t see a way forward with certainty, and the what-if discussion goes round in circles, then the team can find itself languishing in the storm from where others have already emerged.
Be authentic. We can’t know everything about a future that has so much uncertainty. We’ll need to make decisions, and we’ll inevitably get some wrong. People will expect that, and people will see that, so don’t try to hide it or spin it so that it looks right. Own your good decisions and own your bad decisions, and you’ll earn people’s respect. After all, people would rather follow a leader who is always authentic, than one who is never wrong.
Roger is a Leadership specialist and uses the PRIZE Winning Leadership model to help leaders improve their effectiveness and that of their teams, through remote and on-site delivery of keynotes, group training events and individual coaching sessions.
He is the author of several books including "PRIZE Winning Leadership" and “Personal Productivity Planner”, a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management and a Director of the Global Leadership Network UK with extensive experience in Project Management and Sales.
“He is articulate, tracks complex issues with ease and has an incredible gift for raising pearls of wisdom out of the murky depths of people and process.” His passion is to help people to learn effective leadership skills to lead their teams to capitalize on their strengths and passions to realize their dreams.
Roger also invests into the dreams of families in the world’s underserved communities to offer them small loans that empower them to invest in their future, to provide for their families and give back to their communities.