When the boss gets fired
‘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
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?
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
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
The Tale of Two CEOs: A Fable of Optimism and Pessimism
How Does Resilience Improve Performance?
“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?
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
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
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 …
When Conflict Emerges: How Do You Keep Your Team Motivated?
Conflicts and disagreements are an inevitable feature of any group of human beings, and workplaces are no exception. The risk is especially high when the pressure is on and stress reactions take over, impairing team members' ability to make considered decisions and potentially escalat …
Nurturing Creativity And Innovation Within Leadership Teams
We are sometimes conditioned into talking about creativity in a binary way. We hear phrases like 'creative people,' 'creative roles,' and 'creative sectors,' implying that creativity is a fixed, measurable quality possessed by a select few. Unsurprisingly, the reality is more nuanced. …