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Leadership Primer: Resilience: remaking ourselves under pressure Resilience is a fundamental quality that defines humanity. But more than ever before, we are being called on to dip into our reserves and bounce back. In this leadership primer, we look at…
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…
Leadership Primer: EI in New Contexts “There is no separation of mind and emotions; emotions, thinking, and learning are all linked.” Eric Jensen Developing our Emotional Intelligence can change both our own life and all those who come into contact…
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…
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…
Have you ever thought that you’d love to take part in a professional development program at work, but the constant push to deliver makes it impossible to take time off? Do you feel like you’re expected to choose between your…
It’s estimated that the average person spends a third of their lives (90,000 hrs) at work. If you subtract the time spent sleeping, this amounts to a significant portion of our ‘awake’ time. For most people, work is their dominant…
“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…
“The price of greatness is responsibility.” – Winston Churchill There’s no doubt that greatness and responsibility are inextricably interlinked. But responsibility is often connected with another concept. Business thinkers can use the words ‘responsibility’ and ‘accountability’ almost interchangeably. Either that…
Organisations run on accountability. As a consequence, few things preoccupy leaders more than ensuring that their teams take responsibility for their actions, decisions, and performance for the benefit of the whole. However, what it means to “be accountable” and “take…
“When I think of the best of L&D, it’s about helping everyone find the way that they shine.” Maria Laws. “Career Development is fundamental to our employee value proposition, and learning is a key business metric.” Rajnish Borah. Global Head…
Do you feel like the world of work is changing? Well, it may help to know you’re not the only one! Sociologists and economists try to group periods of human history according to the way in which economic activity (or…
