Performance Frontiers

Curiosity as a Compass for Complex Change

At Performance Frontiers, our experience in guiding executives through the intricate landscapes of organisational change has revealed a profound truth: the capacity for curiosity is not merely an advantage, but an imperative. In a world poised for unprecedented evolution, we...

Regenerative Leadership: Thriving in a World of Disruption 

Most of us, either directly or indirectly, have experienced the disruption of a natural disaster. Increasing in frequency and intensity, these events create enormous upheaval as well as fear and anxiety about the future.  If, however, we take the time...

Finding the Gold in How We Connect

“Along with intellectual curiosity, we need interpersonal curiosity.” “Taking an interest in other people is the beginning of empathy.” Adam Grant The idea of interpersonal or relational curiosity as a leadership skill has been remarkably undervalued. When we think of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...