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Business Leadership

Naomi Simson

Business Leadership is a never ending pursuit

Business Leadership 

In my opinion business leadership is very different to management, influence or planning. Read on if you want to learn more. Leadership comes from not just who you are, but how you are perceived by others. We all need leadership skills in our lives – no matter what role you play in your business.

The role of the business leader is to inspire those around them and this will deliver commercial results. Also, I believe the role of the leader to create a vision, set the values, and align everybody to those and also to make sure that every team member is aligned to the plan.

Much of my time I spend exploring every aspect of Business Leadership and in this selection of posts I share what I have learned myself, and also what I have discovered and applied from reading books, and attending seminars.

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I think you will find that there is much to explore about Business Leadership in these blogs and I have sorted them into several sections to help you navigate. And ultimately get the most value from them. Perhaps you could consider this a one stop shop on becoming a leader.

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And I have made plenty of mistakes. In these blog posts I share the ups and the downs. You may want to subscribe to my Monday Xpresso Newsletter so that you can get a weekly dose of motivation.

Catch up on the Leadership blog posts by ‘chapter’. below:

Three Leadership Fundamentals

Three Leadership Fundamentals

On the front page of the Australian Financial Review yesterday an article appeared 'introducing' us to one of the senior ministers in Rudd's new government. Most of his cabinet has no ministerial experience - and it made me wonder what type of leaders they will make....

Pride & Purpose

Pride & Purpose

Planning for the new financial year is upon us again. The leadership team at RedBalloon is in the midst of brainstorms and planning sessions with their teams, exploring how they each can help deliver our purpose: creating happiness by giving people more good times....

10 ways to fall in love – with your customer

10 ways to fall in love – with your customer

This years theme at RedBalloon is all about Customer Love. We have been playing a game to improve our NPS score... I was recently reminded of this top ten from Zappos.com: 1. Make customer service a priority for the whole company, not just a department. A customer...

Four tricks to getting out of your own way

Four tricks to getting out of your own way

“The only thing that stands between you and what you want; is you.....” Gina Mollicone-Long. 2.5 hours of fast paced – goal getting rather than goal setting. And out of context it is difficult to share the three points she covered: How the mind works, The process of...