Anton Guinea
Entrepreneur, Speaker, bestselling author, and founder of The Guinea Group of Companies. For over 15 years, Anton has helped leaders move their teams to become psychologically safe, physically safe and overall better versions of themselves.
Managing upwards is a big deal for leaders. It is crucial if you are going to (insert your word here… protect, care for, support) your team. Leaders need their leader’s support to be effectiv Read More
Last week, I wrote a post on three words that leaders should never say. Those were impossible, fault, and just. Well, there are three more. The words ‘always’, ‘never’ and ‘ Read More
Your language matters. Your words matter. Your statements matter. Language goes straight to the emotional part of our brain. It impacts people’s psychology instantly. It turns people on. Read More
A lot of the leaders that I coach are trying to progress their career. And rightly so. Career aspiration is a positive aspect of the journey for a vast number of our team members, and leaders. So Read More
Got this statement and question recently. You train all the good stuff. You give us all the skills. But what are the pitfalls of leadership? What are the biggest mistakes that leaders make? Read More
It turns out that leaders don’t get the training they need for their role. Not a great shock to some. But an issue, nevertheless. As a leadership trainer, the longest I have seen a leader (who Read More
I was running a workshop recently (common). And I stopped a conversation prematurely with one of the team, without challenging their left field comments (uncommon). Then I Read More
Recently, Mrs G (my favourite teacher) was away at a mindfulness retreat. Learning how to help the kids in her class be more mindful and make better choices when they are heightened. At the same Read More
Every eye has a blind spot in the visual field where the optic nerve enters the eye. There are no receptors in those areas. With both eyes open, the blind spots are not perceived because the visu Read More
In more than 700 leadership coaching sessions, the skill that I notice is most lacking in leaders is empathy. Empathy is a misunderstood concept. It is not about feeling sad for someone (sympathy Read More
