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    Characteristics Of A Leader

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    When it comes to leadership there are many theories and many perspectives. A lot of people like focusing their attention on leadership strategies, emotional intelligence, building trust, coaching and mentoring, to name a few. Unfortunately not enough leaders focus their attention on identifying and then demonstrating core characteristics of leadership, and yet wonder why they are not achieving the desired results. When we are crystal clear on the characteristics of a leader, it becomes a filter through which we do everything.

    Characteristics Of A Leader was last modified: June 23rd, 2022 by Darren Mitchell
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    Servant Leadership is Powerful Sales Leadership

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    Are You Trustworthy Or Just Say You Are?

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    One of the biggest principles of leadership is trust – without it, it is impossible to lead and achieve exceptional results. In today’s episode I delve into an element of…

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    Role Models Always Take Responsibility

    June 14, 2022

    Over the last week, we have seen a number of high profile sportspeople getting themselves into the spotlight, many of them for the wrong reasons. With a high profile comes…

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    What Makes Your Customer Attractive?

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    A key question that sales leaders and their teams often overlook to ask is ‘What makes their customers attractive?’. On the surface this may sound like an obvious question &…

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    Seek To Better Understand Your Customer

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    Last week I spoke about the importance of understanding key stakeholders within your customer’s organisation, as part of your Account Plan, so that we can identify the formal hierarchy, as…

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    A Simple Yet Powerful Coaching Model

    June 8, 2022

    Coaching for many sales leaders is a real challenge – predominantly because either they do not know how to effectively coach, or do not have access to a simple structure…

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    The One Behaviour That Unlocks Exceptional Sales Performance

    June 6, 2022

    In looking at what drives outstanding sales performance, irrespective of industry, it is very easy to look at the surface level metrics, such as conversion rates, sales numbers, even the…

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    How To Make Selling More Predictable

    June 3, 2022

    In working with sales leaders and their teams, I’m amazed at how many leave their sales success to chance. Whilst some find themselves catching lightning in a bottle, where they…

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    How Long Is Your Leadership Shadow?

    June 2, 2022

    If there is one certainty in leadership it is that change is inevitable and will only continue to accelerate, and as leaders, it’s critical that we understand change and continue…

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