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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:

How clutter affects people

How clutter affects people

“Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like.” Will Rogers Self storage is a booming business. This billion-dollar industry is growing at 1.5% annually according to IBIS world.  That's s a lot of...

Influencing Others

Influencing Others

You've probably heard me talk for a while now about influencing others and the difference between leadership, management and role models — and why we need all three. There is a big conversation about the ability of people to influence others and it always comes down...

Importance of Pride in The Workplace

Importance of Pride in The Workplace

Taking pride in your work is paramount The pride people take in their work transcends to their homes, their education, families and communities — Leonard Boswell It’s a simple statement, but it says a lot. We spend so much of our lives at work so it’s important to...

Purpose Driven Business

Purpose Driven Business

Bringing purpose back to business for FY19 Last week I flew back from an amazingly enriching experience, where I rode horseback for days on end to reach a dwindling community of reindeer herders in remote northern Mongolia. I met local people, slept in an ancient...

Small Business Management Courses

Small Business Management Courses

When you're in business, you never stop learning Being in business means that you're constantly learning. From small beginnings, to now an employer of many, the one constant throughout my life has been my curiosity and my interest to learn more. I have lived and...

Finding meaning in life

Finding meaning in life

I laugh at myself most days, I need to otherwise I take myself too seriously. I find myself looking for meaning in almost everything. I have been on summer break staying in a holiday house on the beach. Each day my husband and I (and the new puppy...

Leadership styles

Leadership styles

Leading a Small Business in the Digital Era I travel the country speaking with business owners and the resounding message that I hear time and time again is: “business is not getting any easier”. Finding customers, keeping customers, and creating a thriving workplace...

Leadership strategies for women

Leadership strategies for women

Leadership Insights from Julie Bishop Who would have thought that Julie Bishop would experience unconscious bias in her workplace — yet she recently described her time in Tony Abbott’s cabinet as “lonely”. One could imagine that sitting in a cabinet meeting full of...