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Martin Haworth's Articles in Leadership

  • Classic Leadership Styles
    Much has been said over the years about leadership styles. Yet research into the best and most practical overview leads to the easiest conclusion (there will always be variables on these, as well as mixes of them), are that there are four distinct leadership styles (plus an extra!)...
  • Employee Motivation - The 8 Basics
    To motivate your employees, it is vital that you start off with understanding that there are some things that need to be fixed first, before you can get on with the above the line actions which develop a strong and engaged culture...
  • Recruitment Standards - The Prime Test For Building Your Team
    Recruitment standards are a critical component of assembling a strong management team to fit your company's needs. Maintaining recruitment standards ensures you are getting qualified people, who fit well into the mechanics of your business. Why is this important and anyway, what can you do about it? Read on...
  • Succession Planning - 3 Extra-Special Benefits For Managers
    Succession planning in your business is an easy enough project to start up. It creates excellent employees who are ready for the step up when you need it and not when you get caught short. Which will make a big difference to your business. Here's why...
  • Succession Planning - Your Business Needs It Right Now!
    Succession planning is all about having a great team working for you and then more. It's about releasing the unlimited potential in the whole of your workforce. To do that you need to know them all very well indeed.
  • Sustainable Business Growth - It Is All About Building Your Team
    You want a growing and developing business and you also see that you are putting all the effort in. In fact it's a level of workload that you know, deep down that you cannot sustain. The answer is to stop - and build your team around you that makes this much, much easier. So, where to start..
  • The Pros And Cons Of Rewarding Your Employees
    A management tool that is so often missed is the ad hoc motivation of employees by reward. A great opportunity. Yet there are some reasons to be cautious...
  • Top 10 Strategic Thinking Skills
    Here are Ten great skills EVERY business manager and leader must know, if they want to move from short-termism to a broader, sustainable future
  • Yes and No - Effective Decision Making
    Every decision we make, in business, in life in general, is bounded by just two options. Like an on-off switch, we make one or the other - there are no variances to this. Because it's as simple as Yes or No - and so often we get it wrong...
  • Your Business Vision - The First Step To Successful Succession Planning For Your Business
    One absolute business necessity, to enable you to develop a sustainable growing and evolving business, is to ensure you have a structured succession plan for your team. First step is to know where you are going - and that takes a little time and effort to create. Here's how...
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