There is something within all of us that looks for a better future. If you are leading a team or are a business owner, I am sure even if you are happy with your results to date, there is a desire within you for a better future where you see: A healthier culture Engagement from your team Increased productivity Increased profits When I [...]
Having recently returned from Disney World, I am struck once again by the enormous dream that Walt Disney had. Not only did he have a huge vision and strategy, he also possessed the ability to cast it to others. Having a vision and being able to cast it where you get buying-in from your team are two different things. As a business development coach and [...]
I am delighted to welcome Louise Punter The Chief Executive for The Surrey Chamber of Commerce with her guest blog for Keep Thinking Big. There has never been a more important time for businesses to push on forward regardless of future changes in our position in Europe. As a nation we are pretty good at talking ourselves into a decline, and [...]
Whenever you see excellent service, a conscientious team where nothing is too much, regardless of the industry, you can often chase its roots back to management. Conscientious teams (those who go the extra mile) are generally teams that feel appreciated and engaged by their superiors. A Culture of Excellence Creating a culture of excellence begins from the top of any organisation and [...]
15% of one's financial success is often attributed to their technical knowledge while 85% is due to their skill in human engineering, their personality, and their ability to lead. Combine both of them and you have the ability to create, lead, earn and impact in a way that harvests huge results. Your ability to deal with people will ultimately determine your success. Therefore, [...]
I am delighted to have Mark Cole write a guest post for Keep Thinking Big. Mark serves as the CEO of all five Maxwell Organizations: The John Maxwell Company, EQUIP, The John Maxwell Team, The John Maxwell Leadership Foundation, and Maxwell Motivation. We often see thinking as a natural process, one that requires little effort and is best left unstructured. Or [...]
What type of connecting profession are you in? Are you in: A B2B profession – Business to business? A B2C profession – Business to consumer? However could you actually be in a different type of business? The one thing that a Business to business and a Business to consumer profession both have in common is that they are totally reliant on [...]
What type of thinker are you? Are you a strategic thinker? When was the last time you challenged the way you think? The way people think will determine their leadership. Have there been times in the last 90 days that you have become frustrated in the way you decided to think, when dealing with challenges and opportunities? Would you like to upgrade [...]
Monthly Leadership & Sales Training with Tony Lynch Connect & Grow is a monthly series of leadership and sales training calls that I will lead each month. You are warmly invited to join me and be my guest on these calls. Each call will be 30 minutes in length and we will record the calls. Though the recorded calls will be [...]
Leadership Excellence – 7 Steps to transform your leadership is coming to London. Having presented this 1 day training course in Slovakia recently, I am so looking forward to bringing this to the capital of England. I really hope that you will be able to attend this event. Leadership Excellence is a rich content highly interactive seminar. Designed to inspire and [...]
Talent development is the best way to ensure greater engagement, it reduces stress, increases staff morale, motivation and inspires teams to go the extra mile. With great leadership talent does not come and go rather it comes and grows. Companies, organisations and teams don't suffer because their teams are strong, effective and forever engaged in the mission of their companies. Having [...]
Encouragement often costs nothing but delivers huge dividends…..far better than the stock market! We all love to be encouraged. Encouragement and appreciation is often the fuel that keeps us growing and going. Great leaders have a desire to encourage growth in those they lead. Recently in Slovakia I trained a number of people from 30 companies on this importance of a leader [...]
Why should leaders need to learn? What should they be learning? How do you learn as a leader? What have you learnt in the last 7 days about your ability to lead others? Having researched a number of people who lead at different levels, I have noticed that the most effective leaders have a fascination with learning. They are eager to [...]
For many years I've heard the term ABC when it comes to selling -Always Be Closing. Over the years I’ve taught this very thing to many sales people. However, like you I have noticed that there is a change happening in how: We purchase What makes us want to purchase and How often we purchase We must realise we are living [...]
Since I gave my TEDx talk, many people have asked be various questions about it such as: How does one prepare to speak at a TEDx? What is the process for being chosen as a TEDx speaker? What was it like? Are there any guidelines and rules given for a TEDx talk? Rather than answering all of these on a one [...]