Oct 18, 2016 | Leadership Development
Company culture plays a more significant role in strategic planning than some people realise. Managing directors and team leaders need to ensure there is clarity regarding expected behaviours of employees. Most employees want to contribute to the long-term success of...
Sep 20, 2016 | Latest News
LEAP are delighted to announce that Mike Gaffney will be working with Finn Harps football club in the development of a new strategic development plan beginning in October. The plan will support the long term development of the club. A statement from the club secretary...
Jun 16, 2016 | Leadership Development
We already know many of the stereotypical characteristics of great business leaders. Many of them have become engrained in our culture such as steely determination, fearlessness, aggression and being thick-skinned. Most people don’t think of ‘detachment’ or...
Jun 2, 2016 | Leadership Development, Management Development
What do business leaders really want from their managers? Is it their experience, knowledge and technical expertise? These things are important to business leaders when they recruit people into management positions. However, as LEAP MD Mike Gaffney explains, what...
May 26, 2016 | Management Development
“Do I need to do a management development programme?” It doesn’t sound like a particularly difficult question but for some managers admitting they are struggling in their role is tantamount to admitting failure, or that their admission will be perceived as a sign of...
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