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For your organisation to be successful, your people need to perform at their best. And yet many employees are on a slippery slope to exhaustion, with burnout at record levels. As many of us strive to do our best to deliver, the problems begin when we don’t allow ourselves the…

If you want to run an effective meeting you’ll know how important it is to make productive use of the collective time. It’s a real art form. Meetings have to be beneficial and productive or they become very costly. Meetings can easily get derailed, go off at tangents and have…

While a lot of us have issues with how others impact our time, it’s often ourselves who can be an even bigger block to getting things done. So, rather than pointing the finger elsewhere, this article is all about taking a look at our own habits when it comes to…

When your people are free to lead initiatives and make decisions on their own they are more engaged, more innovative and productive. But here’s the problem. Delivering real empowerment is fraught with challenges. Organisations claim to want to empower their employees but can they really? The utopia of empowerment is…

What’s your perception of failure? The chances are it’s negative and that’s often down to how failure has been positioned from childhood. You either pass an exam, or you fail. Perhaps you were told off for getting things wrong by an impatient teacher. It’s no surprise then that for some,…

It all seemed to go so well – or so you thought. You found the ideal hire for a difficult to fill role. The candidate gave the perfect interview and seemed a good fit. And yet, three months later you are staring at their resignation email. Where did it all…

While advances in technology grab the headlines, our workplaces are still overwhelmingly human. And as leaders, colleagues and co-workers, we all come with that most human of traits – our emotions. Our emotions can inspire, motivate and engage – but they can also have a downside. In organisations and in…

360 degree feedback is a popular way for people to receive a broad range of feedback. It can also offer insight into how a team thinks their leader is performing and reveal team cohesion. There’s value in the process, but it’s far from perfect. There’s no shortage of new dashboards…

Burnout can gradually creep up on those it affects – which makes it so hard to identify. You feel like you are in control, despite the pressure. And then one day you’re not OK. Does this sound familiar? You are certainly not alone. A ‘Google’ search on burnout shows us…

Despite the optimism that comes with a new year, we can’t escape the fact that 2023 is going to be another time of uncertainty with a recession looming. Post-pandemic there are new challenges for our organisations and their leaders to contend with. With all the effort that’s gone into just…