John Potter PhD

We have all encountered toxic leaders and they exist in all walks of life from the business world, the military, government departs and even some entrepreneurs. Toxic leaders are those individuals who because of their destructive behaviours and personal dysfunctional qualities inflict serious harm on the people they lead...

Our thoughts on leadership have developed considerably since the early part of the 20th Century when the Great Person Theories approach was in fashion. It was thought in those times that you were born with leadership qualities and if you had enough of those qualities you automatically would be an...

Teams and groups are not the same. A group is just a collection of people with a shared interest. A team is much more focused with specific roles, ways of working, objectives, sense of mission and required performance standards. The first issue to think about in terms of creating a team...

We all engage in negotiation at various stages in our lives both at work and in our home lives. Yet many people even in the business world never receive any formal negotiation training. Consequently they often suffer more than necessary in the buying and selling processes. For many people, negotiation...

Many people have a real fear of public speaking. The irony is that almost everyone is comfortable talking to one or two people at a time but when that number grows, anxiety sets in. That anxiety can cause major physical reactions including being short of breath, sweating, dry mouth, a...

Throughout the centuries people have been interested in what motivates others to carry out behaviors as well as how to motivate themselves. Abraham Maslow, Frederick Herzberg and Douglas McGregor to name just three gurus all had their own ideas of what enabled people to become motivated. However, these gurus were...

It doesn't matter whether you run a small business or a major international corporation. We now know the key characteristics of what an excellent business should look like. Over the past three decades there have been many business gurus who have each had their own list of what a business should...

Leadership is one of the most researched yet least understood aspects of human behaviour. We all know a great leader when we encounter one but are often less confident about our own leadership ability and how to develop it! There are eight main areas of personal capability that a leader needs...