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Leadership is Intentional Influence in the context of Relationship Have you ever noticed that some people are naturally more relationship-oriented, and others are naturally more results-oriented? The thing is, we tend to see others as we are, not as they are; we tend to see people through our eyes, not through their eyes. Understanding your […]
Leadership is Intentional Influence in the context of Relationship Previously on rogerfairhead.com, we decided that genuine influence starts with integrity and that the first stage of Influence is modelling, or providing an example. The second stage of Influence is called Motivating, and this has to do with Encouraging others. We see this all around us, […]
leadership: /ˈliːdəʃɪp/ noun: the action of leading a group of people or an organisation. Peter Drucker: “The only definition of a leader is someone who has followers.”Warren Bennis: “Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.”Bill Gates: “As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.”Steve Jobs: “Innovation […]
Can you help me pass grade 5 please? The day I started my business nearly 20 years ago, I had some really interesting opportunities come my way that I was able to enjoy. One of the first was from someone who wanted me to take their place for a few months. I was to teach […]
Rather as a plane needs to have both the thrust to provide the forward motion, they also need the wings to generate the lift. In the same way a new idea needs the dream to produce drive, and it needs the excitement to make the dream fly …
This turn of events also brought me to the start of a journey into a new season in my life and career. A transition from majoring on sales for other people and minoring on and training, to the new season where I am majoring on speaking, coaching and training and only engaging in sales for the newly formed “Leadership for Business”.
We all see the conductor standing right there at the front of the sea of musicians waving his baton around, but what does he actually do? Well, the answer is that it’s something that the audience at a concert will rarely if ever see, but it has a massive impact on the performance of the orchestra.
The Life Sentence exercise is a process of looking back over my life and career to identify the people, events, activities and circumstances that have most affected my life. It involved exploring the highs and the lows …
When my mum was dating my dad she tells me that at social events anyone who didn’t enjoy a smoke was considered quite strange and really not socially engaged. Today however, that attitude seems to have been turned on its head. It seems that smokers are considered outcasts, condemned to spend part of their lives outside in any and all weathers.
Where can I find out how to lose some weight, become toned and get fit?
That’s the question I needed an answer to if I was to be successful in losing the extra pounds I had managed to accumulate by the time I was in my 30s. Initially I turned to the sports and fitness magazines, only to be disappointed.
Roger is a leadership specialist delivering Leadership for Business Achievement through Speaking, Training and Coaching to business leaders and entrepreneurs.
“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.
Leadership for Business 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.