Tim Millett

Challenging Yourself Through Adaptive Leadership

Have you wondered why some companies seem able to handle whatever comes their way including the difficult economic conditions over the last year? While other companies go bankrupt, the successful companies deliver results over and over again. If you could... Read >

Being a Coach of Yourself and Your Team Members

When discussing the role of a business coach, there is one thing that must be cleared up immediately. Your team is composed of all people depending on you for direction. Obviously the higher you are in the organisation, the deeper and wider your team will... Read >

Attitude and Its 7 Reasons for Being

When you read the Merriam-Webster definition for attitude, there is a list of 7 different explanations as to how the word can be used. Reading down the list it is abundantly clear that attitude is not only a state of emotional or physical being but it is ... Read >

Effective Personal Organisation

Are you a victim of your own work environment? Are you confronted daily with an overwhelming amount of work that seems to keep you racing to stay on track much less get ahead? Are you always losing things, redoing work you can't find, doing the wrong work... Read >

Motivating Staff…What’s the Buzz?

Sometimes it seems like a world of buzzwords when you read about employee "empowerment" and "improving morale" and even "motivating staff". It's easy to throw the buzzwords around, but issues that are so critical to a company should not be "buzzing". This... Read >

When Expectations are Not Met Within a Company

Companies spend a lot of time trying to understand why certain goals or expectations are not met within the organisation. There are individuals who fail to get their work done in a timely manner. There are managers overseeing departments that never seem t... Read >

Selecting a Project Team

To be brutally honest, one of the worst first steps you can take to build a team is to say, "Any volunteers?" It is not that volunteering for a team project is bad per se. It is that the ones who volunteer may or may not be the best representatives to add... Read >

Operational Responsibilities Of Leaders

The depth and scope of operational responsibilities within an organisation can greatly vary, yet there is one constant. Leaders are needed to integrate the vision or mission of the organisation with the day-to-day activities. It is fine to have a well-def... Read >

Interviewing Techniques for Organisational Success

Within any organisation there are many different kinds of interviews occurring at any time. They include interviews to hire new people, supplier interviews, internal promotion interviews, and project team selection interviews. A healthy organisation is al... Read >

Dressing for Success

It used to be quite simple to decide what to wear in order to look successful or at least to appear up-and coming or in tune with the corporate culture. A business suit for men was never wrong and a skirt and blouse for women was the success "uniform". ... Read >

Being a Project Sponsor Means Championing a Cause

When talking about the positions on a project team, the ones that come to mind first are project leader, project manager and team members. Time is spent designing the project, selecting the right members, establishing the critical path leading to end goal... Read >

Being a Project Leader

The concept of control is often misunderstood, because for many people the word conjures up images of stern discipline and barked orders. But the fact is a project leader has a role which requires the ability to bring a successful project to conclusion th... Read >

Leadership and Counselling DO Mix!

Despite what you may believe or have been taught in the past, leadership and counselling do mix. This is not to say a leader must be a psychologist with medical diplomas hanging on the wall to be an effective leader. But the combination of leadership and ... Read >

The Power of Visualising Success

It may seem odd at first to consider the power of visualising success along with creative tension, but they go hand-in-hand in an effective organisation. Creative tension is inspired thinking that goes beyond the current comfort level and often leads to n... Read >

Efficiency vs Effectiveness

The psychologist and author Abraham Maslow once wrote, "You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety." Organisations and the individuals who are participants at all levels are often defined by their ability to embrace the fut... Read >