High performing teams

Defragging Teams: Rewiring Team Attention

Whether consciously or not, we’ve all experienced the woes of team fragmentation. The meeting that covers everything and decides nothing. The group chat that never stops. The talented people who are always busy and never quite available. And underneath it...

The Business Case for Psychological Safety 

Ever felt that subtle tension in a team meeting, where a crucial insight remains unspoken?   Or perhaps you’ve seen a project falter because a quiet concern wasn’t raised in time?   As a leader, you’re wired for success; for high performance, commercial edge, and relentless standards. Your team mirrors back...

ASK – Your Everyday Companion for Leadership Impact

In the earlier articles in this series, we explored the profound impact that asking great questions can have on your team and how they can support you, as a leader, to transform performance in a neuroscience backed way. Now, we’re...

Boosting productivity in 2025: A neuroscience backed guide

The pursuit of productivity is a golden opportunity to foster deeper satisfaction and joy for both managers and their teams. This goal is not merely aspirational; studies consistently show that highly engaged teams can be up to 21% more productive,...

Ways For Leaders to Supercharge Team Motivation Levels

While motivation is often regarded as an intrinsic attribute, there are some very real ways that leaders can influence the extrinsic factors that elevate engagement levels. And this is the moment to implement them. Studies throughout 2024/25 show declining employee...

The Power of Curiosity: Keeping Things Interesting in the (Hybrid) Workplace

“Because a stimulated intellect is a sine qua non to carry out challenging tasks, managers must consider establishing the right conditions in the workplace that encourage and foster vigorous social exchanges among the employees in their pursuits of intellectual curiosity.” ...

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...

Collaboration in Today’s Work Context

“None of us is as smart as all of us.” Ken Blanchard The ability to collaborate is considered a key leadership attribute in contemporary workplaces. It is our proven best ally in a world that constantly serves up complex and...

Faciliative Leadership: The Art of Holding Space for Transformation 

Over the many years of working in the field of transformation, I have formed the opinion that facilitative leadership is not just a skill, it’s an art, a way of being, and a constant act of self-awareness, self-regulation, and attuning...