How Do Leaders Improve Team Dynamics?
by David Paice on Mar 13, 2025
Different types of dynamics or connecting forces occur in teams. Some are obvious such as the sharing of tasks to complete a goal, some lie under the surface such as the thought someone else in the team is not pulling their weight may foster cynicism and cause people to bear grudges. …
What drives cohesiveness in a team?
by David Paice on Mar 6, 2025
How can you tell if your team is merely a collection of individuals or a healthy interdependent high performing team? Looking at the results will help. But you can't change those once they've happened. Better to look at what's happening internally to shape the results externally.
When the boss gets fired
by David Paice on Mar 6, 2025
‘My boss got fired today!’ Is that a cue for celebration or concern? What kind of power vacuum has this left and are you now wondering who in your team might get promoted over you? Or worse, will a stranger fill that vacancy?
Cultivating Teamship Through Your Leadership Development Strategy
by David Webster on Feb 27, 2025
Teamship is a powerful strategy for increasing accountability, cohesion, and productivity throughout your teams. Teamship is the synergy that happens when team members work spontaneously and collaboratively towards shared objectives, and is crucial for driving innovation and respondin …
Take care of yourself won't you?
by David Webster on Feb 20, 2025
The English have an almost automatic instinct when greeting people. We ask, "How are you?"—but often, we don’t actually listen to the response. That’s because the answer is usually just as automatic: "I’m fine, thank you." Even when, in reality, the person is far from fine.
Ensuring You Gain Tangible Value From Executive And Leadership Coaching
by Chris Sheepshanks on Feb 13, 2025
Investing in executive and leadership coaching for your senior leaders and directors has wide-ranging benefits for your leaders as individuals, and for your wider organisation. However, with various leadership strategies and approaches available, it’s important you choose a developmen …
In Case of Change: Try Optimistic Realism Today
by David Webster on Feb 8, 2025
The Tale of Two CEOs: A Fable of Optimism and Pessimism
How Does Resilience Improve Performance?
by David Paice on Jan 23, 2025
“That which does not kill us, makes us stronger” – Nietzsche (1895) Twilight of the Idols. What did he mean exactly and what specifically do we learn from setbacks that equip us to be better and stronger in the future?
What Can Your Organisation Gain From A Good Leadership Development Programme?
by David Webster on Jan 22, 2025
Leadership development programmes can entail a significant investment in time, money, and resources, so it’s fair to ask if they are truly worth it? Can leadership development programmes help organisations navigate the challenges of the modern business landscape, improve the way thing …
How Team Coaches Create Significant And Sustainable Benefits
by David Webster on Jan 16, 2025
Team Building activities are popular opportunities for leaders and team members to practise communication, decision-making, and conflict resolution in a collaborative setting, a step removed from their day-to-day workplace and responsibilities. Operated alongside a coaching and leader …
A New Year's Resolution for Resilience
by David Paice on Jan 9, 2025
In many martial arts, it is an important discipline to calm the mind and prepare the body for getting hit. In doing so, there is less pain if you are hit because you’ve tensed or relaxed the right part of the body at the right time. This is known as ‘hardening training’ – the ability …