Focus

Where Are You Spending Your Time and Energy?

by George Ambler on May 5, 2007

As leaders we need to ensure that we keep our focus on the right things. This is easier said than done, too often the daily work pressures cause us to lose our focus and it often becomes difficult to regain our perspective. Classic leadership literature distinguishes between the role of a manager and a leader. Whilst this distinction has often created much [...]

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Are You Executing On Your Highest Priorities?

by George Ambler on April 15, 2007

An article on Forbes.com by Steven Covey entitled Work-Life Balance: A Different Cut provides some interesting findings on the inability of organisations to focus and execute on their highest priorities. The research is conducted by Harris Interactive and FranklinCovey consisting of 23,000 U.S. residents employed full time within key industries and in key functional areas. A few of their [...]

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Leaders Focus on Creating, Not Problem Solving

by George Ambler on November 19, 2006

Robert Fritz in his book “Path of Least Resistance” discusses the idea that creating is not problem solving and that understanding the distinction between these two concepts makes all the difference to the results we get as leaders. What is the difference between problem solving and creating? “The fundamental difference between creating and problem solving [...]

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Limit Your Projects and Keep Your Focus

by George Ambler on January 19, 2006

“The enemy often tries to make us attempt and start many projects so that we will be overwhelmed with too many tasks, and therefore achieve nothing and leave everything unfinished. Sometimes he even suggests the wish to undertake some excellent work that he foresees we will never accomplish. This is to distract us from the [...]

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Leadership: The Art of Translating Ideas into Action

by George Ambler on June 17, 2005

Photo by R’eyes “The only difference between who you are today and the person you will be in five years will come from the books you read and the people you associate with” – Charles Tremendous Jones This is true IF you apply the ideas from these books and people in your life! There are [...]

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