by michelleloch | Mar 2, 2015 | Articles, Uncategorized
Last year, my friend and colleague, Oscar Trimboli, was sitting at my table at a Thought Leaders business immersion I was attending. Oscar is one of those delightfully calm people who are so laid back that you need to check to see if they have a pulse –...
by michelleloch | Feb 24, 2015 | Articles, Uncategorized
Every action counts! Leadership is a social process. Martin M Chemers (1997) in his text ‘An Integrative Theory of Leadership’ defines leadership as… “a process of social influence in which a person can enlist the aid and support of others in the...
by michelleloch | Feb 16, 2015 | Articles, Uncategorized
Organisations invest a lot of time and money developing and communicating strategy, but there seems to be an ongoing challenge with the short and long-term execution of that strategy. Some people jump on board and others, even though they understand, agree with and...
by michelleloch | Jan 18, 2015 | Articles, Uncategorized
I’m a girl. And I drive a car. And when I first learnt to drive (34 years ago in the age of the manual car) my father insisted on teaching me about how the car works. I learned how to check and change the oil, how to change the fan-belt, how to change a tire, how to...
by michelleloch | Jan 13, 2015 | Articles, Uncategorized
Last year at this time I wrote a blog about my Theme for 2014. It was ‘PROFILE’. Click here to read it if you like, the same idea of deciding on a theme applies to 2015! (https://michelleloch.com/2014-getting-focused) Having a theme served me well. How did it...
by michelleloch | Dec 9, 2014 | Articles, Uncategorized
There is no doubt that, as leaders, we are amazing people who know best, and by golly, aren’t our people so privileged to be the receivers of our well-intentioned advice!As humans, we don’t like being told what to do, yet we do love giving advice, and all...