Gary Bailey
Some tips I picked up from Gary (ex goal keeper for Manchester United) at our Toastmasters conference. Enjoy!
Manchester United:
- Is a $1 billion business
- Has 300 million customers
- Delivers weekly to its customers
The principles of a good soccer team apply to business as well…
- Be tough- learns to takes knocks
- Build on gratitude
- Appreciate staff and all those around you
- Things go wrong for everybody at some time
- It’s how you deal with life, not what happens to you that is important
- Plan for the future
- Don’t send emotional emails because there is no emotion in email
- Make time for others
- Raise your energy
- Body; food & exercise
- Spirit; helping others
- Mind;
- Emotions;
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Ali Bacher and ,me
Dr Ali Bacher spoke at our Toastmasters conference in May. Here are a few lessons from him.
- Return correspondence within 24 hours
- Brevity – 2 pages (both speaking and writing)
- Workplace structures are meaningless (my version is that titles are meaningless)
- Look after quality people that make it happen
- If you pay peanuts you get monkeys
- Keep your door open
- Promote performers
- Give responsibility to people you have confidence in
- Give small gestures of appreciation
- Be honest – never lie
- Never break your word
- Always settle out of court
- Never record your feelings at the time, wait until you have cooled down
- To learn respect, set the example
- Fly economy class with your staff!
- You have a responsibility to transfer your skills
- Things don’t just happen; be proactive
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