Insider Tactics
Team Tactician. Building relationships – with you and each other
The communication tools we recommend and teach are more than just words on a page. We use them here at Tactician too! Have you ever watched someone try to sell you something and wondered if they’ve actually ever used the thing they’re trying to sell? Yeah, we have too. That’s why we do more than…
Learning and Development takes centre stage
Do you use the end of the financial year to pause and reflect? Or is the 1st July your prompt to look forward and decide where you want your business to be positioned this time next year and into the future? It’s the start of a brand new financial year and with lockdowns and quarantine…
Gutsy businesses put their best foot forward
Gutsy businesses put their best foot forward And sometimes that best foot isn’t even your own Can you believe we’re hurtling towards the end of May? It’s also hard to believe we’re into year three of the pandemic. It seems like only yesterday we were all thinking this coronavirus was just some kind of bump…
Gutsy Presenters Finish Strong
You’re feeling good. Your presentation has gone well so far. You spent plenty of time rehearsing the guts of it, so you felt pretty confident when you got up there. You’ve shared some anecdotes to bring your material to life – hell, you even got a laugh or two. You click through to your final…
The Hot Seat
One of the crappy parts of being a leader is sometimes having to tell people stuff they don’t want to hear. Like when there’s a big change afoot. You want to do the best by your people (and stop the rumour mill working harder than it already is), so you gather everyone together to make…
Want to be more persuasive?
You’ve just given your first update to the senior leadership team. To be asked to speak was a huge opportunity, but to be honest you’re just glad it’s done. The CEO didn’t ask you any questions (thank goodness!) and you did everything in your power to avoid looking anywhere near the Sales Director because this…
Want to stop the dreaded umms and ahhs when you speak?
Um… have you ever been in a meeting… um, ah… or listened to someone give a presentation… um… where the presenter constantly punctuates their sentences with those annoying and… um… dreaded fillers? It’s a curse that has fallen on many of us, one that distracts, annoys and sometimes painfully amuses (at our expense) our audiences…
How to actually kick goals rather than just talk about it?
Ever wonder what separates the people that actually kick goals from those who just talk about it? It’s the new year. You’ve made your resolutions and you’ve set your goals for 2019. Tick. This edition of insider tactics is not going to help you with that. In fact, we’re pretty sure you’ve got the ‘making…
Welcome to the club
It’s funny. I’m sitting down to write an article on Imposter Syndrome. And not just a minute ago, I was on a phone call feeling like a complete fraud myself. I’d had a conversation with a client earlier in the morning, and my colleague (who had coincidently just got off the phone to the MD…
Wake up leaders! The ‘A-team’ doesn’t exist
So many leaders talk about how they could be so much more effective if only they had the right people in their team. The search for the ‘A-team’ is real. But, newsflash, the ‘A-team’ doesn’t exist. You’re never going to have the perfect team, because your team is made up of – gasp – human…