You are the leader! People look to you for strategy, direction, and growth. But are you getting the most for your effort, energy and investment exerted at work? How do you get past obstacles to further growth?

The centerpiece is a strategic question, "What Do You Do Best?" Identifying "the best" is critical. It is always about the purpose of the organization.

Can you believe how quickly 2005 came and went? As you commence 2006, I'm sure you have great hopes and aspirations for the coming year and that you want 2006 to be your BEST year yet. Taking the letters of the word BEST we have pleasure in offering some secrets on how you can really make this year your BEST.

Over the past weeks I have been work-shopping with people on the way we think – a sort of “check up from the neck up.”  One of the concepts we explored was the very old psychological truth about ‘we can’t control the stimuli that come our way in life but we can control our response.’    

‘Hurry sickness’ is increasing as people struggle to manage their private and professional lives.  Employers and employees are struggling to balance day-to-day work and family pressure, learn new and challenging technologies, stay fit and healthy, maintain relationships and cope with personal financial pressures. And they are failing.  People’s lives are filled yet unfulfilled and these realities are impacting families and the workplace.  Burnout is rife and the ripple effect on personal and professional life is alarming.

One of my roles as a life coach is to help people gain clarity and balance in their lives.  This is the age of “hurry sickness” and we can witness this everyday as we travel on the roads, queue at shopping check outs, cross roads, being too busy to invest time with family or friends and so on.  Men everywhere are struggling to balance day-to-day work and family pressures, learn new and changing technologies, and cope with personal financial pressures. Men’s lives are filled yet unfulfilled. These realities are impacting families and the workplace.  Burnout is rife! Is your life anything like this?

Are you naturally an enthusiastic person or do you really struggle with the idea of being passionate about life and living?  Life Coach, Dr Edward Gifford, writes that enthusiasm is one of the key determinants of success in life.  He highlights leadership expert Dr John Maxwell’s eleven steps to enthusiasm as an effective and practical way to increase your personal impact.

We find ourselves in an unprecedented time in history – the most educated people in history, with a world full of options for meaningful work, yet many of us are unsure of just where we belong.  Many men and women especially in the 30’s and 40’s are questioning the world view of success and are looking for more meaning and purpose in their lives. In this talk Dr Edward Gifford draws on his own experience and the work of Bob Buford and Kevin McCarthy to explore how we can we can deal with the issues of “Half-Time”  in a practical, life changing way. How we can move from success to significance.

This talk draws on the work of John Maxwell and explores one of the most difficult task facing leaders and managers today.  Confrontation is common in the workplace and organisations are deleteriously affected if poor relationships are not restored.  The effect on morale, productivity, performance is serious.  Read further if you want to learn how to confront in a positive way and get your team to pull together.