culture

Few interpersonal relationships are more important to organisations than the dynamics of teams. It’s uncontroversial then to say that getting them right should be a priority.   On the one hand, the look of teams has changed irreparably in recent...

A San Francisco-based executive consultant recounts a conversation he overheard about Steve Jobs’ feedback style while at Pixar. Jobs would point to a person in a meeting and ask, “Tell me what’s not working at Pixar.” He would continue to...

If you’re serious about diversity and inclusion, pay attention to the winds. Many of us have experienced exclusion at some point in our lives – a time we felt the acute pain of being overlooked, underestimated, or belittled. If we’re...

The case for diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) in organisations has been made extensively. To start, in our practice at Performance Frontiers we see it as the right thing to do on a human level. We are also seeing that...

We are in the second of the two great work transitions brought on by the pandemic. The first: a mass movement to work from home. The second: a negotiated return to an elusive hybrid work balance. One thing is clear...

The power of kindness to bring us joy is a tale as old as time. The Buddha teaches:   “If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.”  What we have come to know as well is that kindness propagates. In 2015, Kathy Hart...

We are living in an Age of Affinity and when it comes to work, people are attracted to organisations and teams that share their purpose and values. For leaders, one implication of this is the importance of finding the right...

Are you a Guesser or an Asker? It’s still a conversation topic over a decade after the question was first posed back in 2007 by writer, Andrea Donderi. Since then, this somewhat polarising cultural observation has found some legitimising status...

In our work life, we are experiencing a high rate of change as we adjust to the fluctuations in the business landscape. The stress of constantly having to adapt can be exhausting and sometimes frustrating. If you’re feeling those symptoms,...

Agile is one of the most revolutionary business models in the last twenty years. It is liberating organisations from vertical, siloed leadership, and fixed mindsets, and freeing them to be more innovative and adaptive. In 2020, it was calculated that...