Employee sickness absence continues to cost UK employers in excess of £29 billion annually. This staggering news discloses dismal repetitions in the story of “broken Britain” and demonstrates the pressing need for a Renaissance of Leadership. For 17 years I led Luminus, a socially responsible business that provided homes for people in need, and focused on progressing towards our 2020 Vision along The Road to Renewal. I created these concepts since they helped our thousands

Leaders may not make the best gardeners, but the best leaders understand the similarity between gardening and their leadership. "In some ways, I saw the garden as a metaphor for certain aspects of my life. A leader must also tend his garden; he, too, plants seeds, and then watches, cultivates, and harvests the result. Like the gardener, a leader must take responsibility for what he cultivates; he must mind his work, try to repel enemies, preserve what can be preserved, and e

Dr Chan Abraham explains how we can change the world around us, pointing to 19 years of outstanding business success since he established Luminus, buying nearly 8,000 homes and transforming the lives of people, their communities, employees and the surrounding world of business.. Watch at https://youtu.be/ggko_xNG06M #transformation #leadershipmasterclass #businessleadership #highperformingbusiness #regeneration #renewal #hope #investment #communities #motivation #moraldecline

Dr Chan Abraham inspires audiences to understand how they can experience a new way of looking at life's challenges and opportunities, and move towards refreshed purpose and increased fulfilment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq-_I69OfOQ #transformation #inspiration #motivation #regeneration #faithintheworkplace #2019AYearofSharpenedLivingNewImpact #highperformingbusiness #LiteBites #developingpeople #lifeinallitsfullness #managersleaders #wisewords #LeadershipMasterclass #f

Leadership International encourages leaders to develop workplace cultures with distinct characteristics: inspired people who produce inspired results. We’re delighted to showcase Phil Jones’ experience in transforming culture to release energy into his workers and the business. Here’s the story, recounted by Adam Gale in Management Today. Phil Jones battled hierarchy and inertia when he took over Brother UK five years ago. Now it's an industry-leading employer. Here's how he

It's great to see a growing recognition of the values that Leadership International has championed for many years and with signficant success in businesses such as Luminus Group in Cambridgeshire. As a direct result of Leadership International's "Third Millennium Leadership" programmes, Luminus twice hit the No.2 spot on The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For, achieved recognition for several years as one of the UK's best employers, with outstanding levels of employe

While firms are just waking up to tackling the "most depressing day", Leadership International founder Dr Chan Abraham made sure his staff enjoyed "Glorious Monday" for many years. Take your pick of one of two Mondays in January which the media bill as the most depressing day of the year for workers. Meanwhile the UK's Chartered Management Institute present survey findings that managers plan to give "sweet treats" to boost morale on "Blue Monday". Apparently a combination of

If leaders aspire to create a culture of inspiration, one of the biggest questions for them to ask themselves is "Will what I have started endure?" When I established Luminus Group in Cambridgeshire, UK and acquired almost 7,500 municipal homes that had a history of inadequate management and investment, I was committed not merely to run a successful, socially responsible real estate business, but to energise an enterprise that would become a movement for change in British soc

The New Book of Your Year, with 12 Chapters and 365 Pages, now opens up before you. What will you write and how will your story unfold? The Year That Has Just Passed may have been great, terrible, or some shade between these two extremes. However, you need to remember that your past does not determine your future - unless you are determined to let it do so. Ancient Wisdom has declared, “Do not call to mind the former things,or ponder things of the past." (Book of Isaiah 43:

We all struggle with adverse circumstances, and leaders more so. Indeed, if your vision and goal are to change the world for the better, to live a life of service, self-sacrifice and great endeavour, be certain that there will be those who will criticise, defame, unjustly accuse, seek to draw the worst inferences from your actions, deceive, lie, cheat, make derogatory statements, envy your success, attack, hate, and to harbour and act with malign and malevolent intent. This i

Dr Chan Abraham inspires audiences to understand how they can get on The Road to Happiness, and change the world for the better - right where they are! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbZ_CIxHn5Q&t=8s #trust #brand #brandmanagement #customers #customerservice #reilability #ethics #masterclass #leadershipmasterclass

Great business and effective leadership can help transform our world - right where we are. Dr Chan Abraham's talk at the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity illustrates this from his business experience. View the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG5DLXx_EXo&feature=share #2018AYearofMovingForward #values #communication #strategicplanning #highperformingbusiness #faith #developingpeople #faithintheworkplace #managersleaders #employeeretention #LiteBites #

Leadership International's proven approach to creating effective organisations and inspired people is 3rd Millennium Leadership ©. In various businesses over four decades we have seen outstanding results, a passion for excellence and exponential increases in people's motivation, productivity and loyalty. So we're thrilled when we see our approach being validated and cofirmed from the world of academia, as evidenced in a really great article from Harvard, which we report on h

One of the most controversial subjects in UK housing is whether high-rise homes are a success or a failure. Watch Dr Chan Abraham's assessment at Downing College, Cambridge, as part of Relational Thinking Week 2017 here. Dr Abraham gives a brief introduction to social housing, particularly high-rise homes, in the UK, challenges the prejudices of history and seeks to help his audience arrive at a reasoned understanding of this difficult and challenging issue. Also:at https://

One of the greatest challengers we all face is failure. This article helps us see how one man dealt with this - and came through to success. In 1991, I—along with my business partner—suffered a financial meltdown. We had built a successful publishing company, but our growth outstripped our working capital. We simply ran out of cash. For a while, our distributor funded us in the form of cash advances on our sales. But eventually, their parent company wanted those advances bac

Ensure that the cultural values of your organisation and team match the personal values of employees. Values are the drivers that make people do the things they do. If these are reflected in the cultural values of their organisation and team, they capture the drivers of individuals - and channel their energy and interest in the same direction as their organisation and team. #employeeengagement #highperformingbusiness #managersleaders #employeeretention #LeadershipMasterclass

How to become the kind of leader others want to follow: Let go of your ego Become a good follower first Build positive relationships Work with excellence Rely on disciple, not emotion Make adding value your goal Give your power away Taken from our Leadership Masterclass on 2 December 2015. #LeadershipMasterclass #servantheartedleadership #managers #tipsandadvice #businessleadership #management #trainingandcoaching

Courage "Courage is the first virtue that makes all other virtues possible." – Aristotle Effective communication "The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate." – Joseph Priestly Generosity "A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and little less than his share of the credit." – John Maxwell Humility "Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less." – C.S. Lewis Self-awareness

As 2016 draws to a close, many of us will be thinking about what personal resolutions to make for the upcoming new year. But while there's still time, here are 10 great resolutions every manager should make before the year ends: Fulfil promises Deal with dead ends Stay accountable Be present Communicate with care Practice what you preach Actively seek out talent Be fluid Follow up Reflect Taken from our Leadership Masterclass December 2015. #strategicplanning #Decemberfocus #

41. Encourage your team members to offer unsolicited ideas of how their organisation and your team can be more successful Remember, no idea is a bad idea, they are all good ideas. Some will not work. Also remember – all failures are successes waiting to happen! 42. Ask your team to write down in a notebook all the things they think will make their organisation more successful Come together and implement as many of the ideas as you can. Draw in others from other teams and spre