How do you build a great team?

One of the main areas of focus for a manager is to build the capability of their team. This means not only building the individual capability of every team member ...

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For you and your staff: It’s good to talk

It’s not far short of a year now since the world became a very different place. They have been challenging times in many ways for many of us and ...

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Decency pays dividends

“Nice guys finish last” That phrase has shaped cultures that have played out in the workplace, on sports fields and even in many personal dealings. It was coined in 1969 by ...

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Mind Your Language

How a foreign tongue might advance your leadership career even if you never leave the UK   It’s probably fair to say that the British don’t enjoy a ...

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Learning From The Past Doesn’t Have To Be Painful

As we approach the end of what has been a very difficult year it can be tempting to not want to reflect on what has passed but to look forward ...

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Is It Time To Re-evaluate Your Company Culture?

Company culture isn’t about the branded stationery, the mugs or the trendy office furniture that you might have.  It’s all about the way you do things in your ...

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About Winning

Winners are made not born. It’s a choice. Winning isn’t about being number one in a world of nearly eight billion people. (Although it can be). Winning isn’...

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Managers: You’re the 86%

Job satisfaction. It’s easy to describe at a cursory level but incredibly difficult to properly define, understand and measure. Managers who can consider what job satisfaction means for their ...

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The Ever-growing Importance of Reskilling in the Modern Workplace

Clearly no longer confined to the realms of science fiction and Silicon Valley, automation and artificial intelligence are becoming increasingly widespread throughout the modern workplace and will certainly continue to ...

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14 Winning Questions for Effective Team Review Meetings

Does your team ever stop to reflect on how you work together, what you have learned, and how you can improve? In the current environment when so many of us ...

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Either the Strategy is Wrong or the Communication is Wrong

The biggest error that senior managers and leaders make is around the communication of what they’d like to be done or about what they’re doing. (Telling people once ...

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