Leadership development

Curiosity in Action for Effective Change

“The only constant in life is change.” — Heraclitus  The Greek philosopher, Heraclitus, will never know how pertinent his statement would be in our BANI world. But thanks to his influence on Western thought, we have a simple yet profound way...
Dr. Marianne de Pierres
Insights, Transformation

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...
Insights, Leadership

Ask to Lead: Mastering People-centred and Task-focused questions 

In different areas of life, we often use different language. How we frame up our conversations varies from home to the workplace, with family and with friends. When it comes to leadership, the central building block of our conversations, in...
Insights, Leadership

Questions: From Telling to Asking

With the pace of business growing exponentially, great leadership is no longer about having all the answers on hand all the time, and more about building a cohesive team and having the ability to ask the right questions, of the...
Insights, Leadership, Learning and Development

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,...
Insights, Leadership, Teams

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...
Dr. Marianne de Pierres
Insights, Leadership, Learning and Development, Teams

Is Gamification Really the Future of Learning Design?

Life-Centre Design in Learning Designing learning technologies poses a number of unique challenges. No only do we need to get the learning approach right, but we also need to optimise the technology.These systems are required to take everything we’ve come...
Marcus de Courtenay
Insights, Learning and Development

Making leadership development stick

“The true art of memory is the art of attention.” Samuel Johnson  Time, time, time. The number one enemy for leaders everywhere. Once we’ve factored in core work, team development, strategic planning, broadening networks and influence (and the list goes...
Marcus de Courtenay
Insights, Learning and Development

How to Overcome Motivation Dips at Work

You’re having a motivation slump at work. It could be as simple and as temporary as Mondayitis or Hump Day, or as profound as considering resigning. Either way, you’re experiencing a loss of energy, focus, and desire to do your...
Dr. Marianne de Pierres
Culture, Insights, Leadership