Insights

Values-based leadership is a powerful approach that enables leaders to align their actions with their core values, resulting in a positive impact on organisational culture and performance.

Supporting your cross-cultural management teams to achieve better results The experience of the pandemic and the resulting, accelerated digital transformation has catapulted our ability to […]

Three commonly overplayed approaches that might just be holding you back In their seminal article in June 2009 Harvard Business Review, Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman discussed […]

Emotional intelligence has an important role to play in business. It enables individuals to better read, understand and contextualise the actions of others, both in […]

The Importance of Active Listening in Leadership Leading by listening means to actively listen to the needs of your employees and act. It’s about using your […]

For many years, large-scale businesses have been turning to the often criticised corporate matrix structure to help to break down silos, create flexibility and ensure […]

I have recently started reading ‘A Promised Land’ by former US President Barack Obama. In the preface he describes that part of his intent in […]

From employee onboarding to fully fledged leaders Through the centuries, psychological researchers have described development from infancy to adulthood as a series of stages. As […]

In my last Insights post, I talked about one of the diagnostic tools we use when helping leaders to develop – The Leadership Circle. Here I go […]

The Secret to Successful Transformational Leadership in the VUCA World Shifting Mindsets to Lead Your VUCA Approach In the VUCA world (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) […]

How can leaders maintain themselves to stay motivated? We’ve all felt it – the sudden lack of interest, the waning enthusiasm. The feeling that comes […]

Developing assertiveness is a key aspect of successful leadership and effective teamwork, but it can often be difficult for people to demonstrate consistently at work. […]

The benefit of listening is something that every good leader will appreciate and understand; however, while many will believe they are excellent listeners, the truth […]

Required Skills to Develop Critical Thinking Skills for Leaders Analytical skills and critical thinking are crucial to business performance and being an analytical and critical […]

I recently interviewed my colleague, Gary Edwards, a Primeast founding director and Client Partner with 30 years experience designing and running development programmes around the […]

Tough conversations matter. And in tough conversations, one of the biggest challenges is to get the right balance between being assertive and empathic.