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The communication style of leaders helps us distinguish great leaders from the wannabes. When facing a problem the great leader says, ‘Let’s find out,’ while the wannabe says, ‘Nobody knows.’

Have you ever suggested an idea that didn’t land, only to have it suggested and heartily taken up by someone else a little while later? Ideas based on Michael Grinder’s Professional Development Model explain this.

Timing and permission are key micro-skills of communication which are often missing in organisations. They are valid in many aspects of communication eg feedback or contributing in meetings.

The communication style of leaders helps us distinguish great leaders from the wannabes. When facing a problem the great leader says, ‘Let’s find out,’ while the wannabe says, ‘Nobody knows.’

There are two schools of thought about opportunity. The first is that it is dependent on chance, and if you're lucky, and in the right place, at the right time, it may fall into your lap. The second is that we create our own opportunities.

Without change, there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable.

William Pollard

Choosing is one of our innate gifts in life. We are faced with choices daily, and our trajectory, both professional and personal, are determined by the quality of the choices we make. How do we consciously weigh up the pros and cons of a specific action, or do we just ricochet off other people's actions and therefore choices for us? 

It is our choices…that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. ~ J. K. Rowling

By releasing control over circumstances, you gain more control over your life. - Kyle Maynard; speaker, author, and ESPY award-winning mixed martial arts athlete, known for achieving all this despite being a congenital amputee.

Great communication depends on two simple skills:

• context, which attunes a leader to the same frequency as his or her audience
• delivery, which allows a leader to phrase messages in a language the audience can understand.

- John Maxwell, leadership specialist; author

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. - Leonardo da Vinci, Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer

End each project or even the end of each day by conducting a review. This provides a constructive sense of completion and frees you up mentally and emotionally to start the next project with a fresh perspective and clean slate. This also sets up a positive upward spiral of growth and development.