Posts by Marcus de Courtenay

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...

The Accountability Agreement

A question we often hear from our clients is: how do I keep my team accountable? At first glance, it seems simple – their role involves a task or a goal, and they should take responsibility for completing it. But...

Community Building within Organisations

PERMA in PLACE  What constitutes a flourishing human life? What are the practices that promote our wellbeing?  These are the questions posed by Positive Psychology, an increasingly influential area of psychology research and policy. Stemming from the works of Martin...

Levers of Influence

“Leadership is influence.” – John C. Maxwell What Influences You? As Dan Pink reminds us, 40% of a leader’s job today is influencing. Given that in contemporary complex, interconnected organisations, we can’t get anything done by ourselves, one could argue...