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The Damage Caused by Micromanagers
Most people readily understand the negative effects of micromanagement. However, the reality is that too many leaders, on appointment,...
Ian Kirkby
Jun 2, 20211 min read


Creating, Developing and Maintaining High-Performance Teams
As a certified Everything DiSC facilitator, Aspire MCL has access to an incredibly simple but powerful team assessment tool called 'Team...
Ian Kirkby
May 24, 20211 min read


What Makes for a Successful Business Leader?
This is a really interesting report from HBR based on 10 years' research into the behaviours of successful CEOs:...
Ian Kirkby
Apr 30, 20211 min read


Boosting Board and Team Dynamics
Good article from Core Strengths about managing conflict in the workplace: https://www.corestrengths.com/managing-conflict-workplace/ It...
Ian Kirkby
Mar 22, 20211 min read


Client Testimonial
Always encouraging to know that clients are benefitting from our services. Delighted to receive this recommendation from a finance...
Ian Kirkby
Mar 12, 20211 min read


It's Here! Aspire MCL's Leadership Development Programme
Aspire MCL is pleased to offer a one-year, online or face-to-face (post-Covid restrictions) leadership development programme. This will...
Ian Kirkby
Feb 25, 20211 min read


Leading Remote Teams - Building Trust and Boosting Productivity
Aspire MCL has long argued that inspiring leadership and high-performance, 'healthy' boards and teams offer one of the few sources of...
Ian Kirkby
Feb 18, 20211 min read


Leading Remote Teams
Although a return to the office later this year is looking likely, many businesses have stated that they will allow teams to keep working...
Ian Kirkby
Feb 16, 20211 min read


New SDI 2.0 Online Assessments - Special Offer!
■ As a leader, do you know how to bring out the best in each of your team members? Do you know what drives them to do their best work?...
Ian Kirkby
Jan 18, 20212 min read


Building Resilience in Times of Turmoil
Below is a short but very helpful article by the Belbin team on 3 approaches to work that researchers identified as being helpful to...
Ian Kirkby
Jan 12, 20211 min read


What Really Causes Burnout at Work?
In previous articles and blogs, I have made much of the business benefits of having engaged staff: lower staff turnover, fewer sick days...
Ian Kirkby
Dec 3, 20202 min read


Being Decisive and Making the Right Decisions
I have just written another article for LinkedIn on the above topic. It builds on a previous article looking at the common traits of...
Ian Kirkby
Nov 18, 20201 min read


It Starts with good Leadership!
The business benefits of having engaged employees (basically those who are excited about and committed to their work), have been well...
Ian Kirkby
Sep 2, 20202 min read


How to Boost your Online Presence
I was recently asked about the secrets to having more gravitas when giving an online presentation or participating in virtual board-level...
Ian Kirkby
Jun 16, 20201 min read


Effective Virtual Presentations
Many are having to learn the art of presenting virtually at this time. Whilst there are obvious overlaps with presenting physically, the...
Ian Kirkby
May 28, 20201 min read


Good tip on Presentations
Good presentation tip from the HBR- To project confidence, use one of these hand positions: • Hold the ball - to displaysconfidence...
Ian Kirkby
Aug 21, 20171 min read
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