Author Archives: Hivemind Group
Can you cut it as an Entrepreneur? Time to find out.
Some say that a true entrepreneur is born and not made. Some say you shouldn’t start a business, because then they real off a load of stats about how many people fail. What is an entrepreneur? What is an entrepreneur’s personality? Is there such a thing? Is there a ‘type’ that is more suitable for…
Building Successful Teams – One Person at a time
Are you a team player? I love a question that keeps on asking. But is that the right question to ask? What is a team player? Do you know someone who isn’t and , are you certain about that? What if we could solve the teams riddle simply, using data, and with purpose? This issue…
Engagement Disengagement and Re-Engagement? Where to Focus.
I had an interesting week attending a variety of webinars, groups and listening to podcasts. Of particular interest was the clarity with which people spoke around engagement and culture, as if they had a secret that nobody else had discovered. The thing is, the more I learn about engagement and culture, the more I realise…
A Profiling Specialists’ Very Short Guide to Effective Leadership
Most managers gain promotion based on a proven skill set, or performance in subject matter expertise, then often wonder how they got there. The starting point to effective leadership is to understand how your personal psychology affects your own performance and your ability to manage others. In that order. Managing others before you know yourself…
How Much Do You Care? Coming Back Stronger
Performance under pressure demands composure against the biological and emotional reactions that can lead to an erosion of trust. If people are unclear about who and where they are, not controlling where they put their focus, or how their stress accumulate.s one small step at a time, problems arise. Big problems for individuals and business.…
The HUMAN Factor
In the summer of 1979 I started my firstjob as ‘muck man’ on a building site,mixing and shovelling cement, chuckingbricks to precariously balanced ‘brickies’hanging over scaffolding bars, shiftingpallets of breeze blocks on tippers withno brakes, and yup, not a sniff of Healthand Safety! Just the sun on your back andthe occasional cut or bruise, and…
6 Ways to Develop Self-Discipline to Achieve Your Goals
There are many so-called ‘secrets to success’ out there, but the real difference-maker inachieving your goals is self-discipline.Numerous studies have shown that self-discipline increases performance, physical and mentalhealth, and overall happiness.In the famous Marshmallow test from the 1960s, researchers conducted a study on schoolchildren by offering them a marshmallow. The kids could either eat it…
10 Ways to Declutter Your Mind to be More Productive
The average person has anywhere from 12,000 to 60,000 thoughts per day according to theNational Science Foundation. Unfortunately, many of them tend to be negative thoughts thatcan prevent you from having a highly productive week. The same study found that 80% of thosethoughts were negative, and 95% were repeated thoughts from the day before.Just like…
Why Being a More Generous Leader Will Create a More Successful Business
Generosity from leaders makes business better in all aspects, yet few businesses have discovered the benefits for their business generated by being generous of spirit. This is not surprising as many of us in the Western world have never discovered the joy of giving freely, and as a result, we can find ourselves trapped into…
Leading During a Crisis: How to Be a Good Leader While Navigating Uncertainties
Most of today’s population has never seen a social shift this seismic in their lifetime. Lockdown on a global scale has forced everyone to redefine normality. Emergency crises are the ultimate test for any manager in proving leadership skills. As a result, it is more important than ever that business owners and leaders alike know…