The Art of Mentoring
Mentoring can play a critical role in shaping connections, learning, growth and innovation within workplaces. But, done poorly, mentoring can be a weapon for ‘do it this way because it’s the way we’ve always done it around here’. There is an art to building great mentoring relationships that have a contribution beyond just someone great …
Boost productivity and focus with Time Blocking
Time is your most valuable asset. Mastering it is crucial to maximising both your output and impact. And because the whole reason we talk about time management is that we don’t seem to have much time in the first place, the most effective techniques are often those that are simple, intuitive, and instantly implementable. Time …
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Collaboration tools for remote teams
The results are in; productivity is higher, engagement is climbing, and employees are reporting greater sense of satisfaction in their job when it comes to hybrid and remote working. We’re getting the job done, but how are teams collaborating in this way of working? The ongoing challenge for remote and hybrid teams is being able …
Top Five Regrets of Executives 2023
Top Five Regrets of Executives So often in the corporate career trajectory we believe that the higher up we get the more successful we become. Although if we’re not paying attention it’s easy to get caught up in the demands of the role and lose sight of what really matters. How do you avoid getting …
New Intelligence Leadership
New Intelligence Leadership: why it’s more than simply EQ rebadged In an ever-changing world, the conversation surrounding the requisite skills for leaders is quickly shifting. The old paradigms of skills-based leadership, while still useful in part, are not the basis for leadership in the future of work. The emergent conversation is around New Intelligence Leadership, …
6 Must-Read Leadership Books for 2023
Across the last few years, regardless of industry, leaders have needed to step into uncertainty and shifting environments at a rapid pace; and great leaders have risen to this challenge. As 2023 starts to settle in these leaders bring with them recent skills, lessons and tools in order to adapt, shift and align teams and …
Five Types of Teams for 2022
5 Different Types of Teams for 2022 The way we work has changed across the last few years. It stands to reason then that the way we connect as teams is also evolving. What are the different types of teams that organisations need to think about in 2022? By definition, a team is: ‘a group …
Fun Activities for Online Meetings
Three Fun Activities For Online Meetings When it comes to fun activities for online meetings, it can be the last thing on our list when we just need to get the work done. But the way that we work has changed. Remember when the world first moved en-masse away from face-to-face meetings in favour of …
What are the benefits of leadership training?
Great leaders aren’t born, they’re trained. And if you aren’t investing in training your leaders, you are missing a vital opportunity to shape your culture. So what are the benefits of leadership training? Leadership training helps to change behaviour, and in today’s ever evolving hybrid-virtual-contact world, having leaders with the confidence and skills to evolve …
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Is leadership training effective?
If you learned a new language for a day, and then never spoke it again. Would that have been an effective use of your time? Unlikely. The same is true for leadership training, for it to be effective, it needs to be put into action. True leadership development only becomes a return on investment when …