Posts by Marcus de Courtenay

How does your organisation promote collaborative relationships? 

Contrary to what some believe, collaboration is not just an activity we do. In organisations, collaboration means a number of dimensions aligning in a productive and valuable way. Specifically, we like to talk about three elements to collaboration:  When we...

What is Collaboration?

Leadership Primer: What is Collaboration? Companies that prioritise collaboration are five times more likely to have a considerable increase in employment, and twice as likely to be profitable and outgrow their competitors. Read or listen to our leadership primer, which...

Change Environments: Immunity to Change and New Years Resolutions

Did you know that up to 50% of New Years Resolutions fail? Change is hard. And yet our lives are filled with change. Even if we try our best to keep things the same, the inevitable march of aging, relationship...

Are You Coping or Recharging in Troubled Times? The Answer Might Surprise You

As the end of the year approaches, for many of us the workplace is getting more intense. This, coupled with a precarious market environment, means one thing: stress. In trying to manage the competing demands placed on you, we think...

Self-Leadership

Leadership Primer: Self-leadership Knowing ourselves, our values, and our ambitions, is the grounding of all leadership development. Only through effective self-leadership can we fully identify potential and create personal and professional growth for ourselves and for others. All leadership begins...

The Art of Influencing

Leadership Primer: The Art of Influencing Contemporary leadership champions the art of influencing as opposed to the bygone power dynamics of command and control. Influencing is particularly relevant in the multifaceted arena of partnering in complex business systems. Explore how...