Positively transform and drive sustainable improvements in performance and results
Covering a wide range of topics including inspirational leadership, enabling positive change, tackling team dysfunction (these are just some examples – there are many more!), the insights we share shine a light on those hidden barriers and opportunities, to help start you and your business on the road to change… or even transformation…
The First Team Mindset: The Cultural Shift Every Organisation Needs
If you ask ten leaders who their team is, you’ll usually get a lot of the same answers. Most point to the group they manage, aka “my department.” Occasionally, someone will say “the Board.” A few will pause and reflect. It’s a simple question that exposes a powerful truth: in most organisations, leaders say they’re aligned, but their daily behaviour
How to Motivate Employees and Inspire Teams
The Importance of Motivation in Modern Leadership Motivation is one of the strongest drivers of performance. Understanding how to motivate employees is essential for leaders and HR professionals seeking long-term results. When motivation is high, engagement, innovation, and retention all improve. However, many UK organisations face a growing motivation gap. A Korn Ferry survey of 10,000 global employees found that
What Is Corporate Culture?
Understanding What Corporate Culture Really Means Many leaders ask, what is corporate culture? It’s more than values on a wall or words in an employee handbook. Corporate culture is the collective mindset, behaviours, and norms that shape how people work, communicate, and make decisions every day. It’s the behind the scenes that determines whether your organisation thrives or struggles. When
How to Change Workplace Culture: Turning Awareness into Action
Why Changing Workplace Culture Matters Every organisation has a culture, the shared beliefs, behaviours, and attitudes that shape how work gets done. But when that culture no longer supports your goals, change becomes essential. Understanding how to change workplace culture isn’t just about creating new slogans or initiatives. It’s about reshaping the daily habits, conversations, and leadership behaviours that drive
Leading with Connection, Influence, Impact: The Role of Social Skills in Leadership
This is the 5th and final article in our series on emotional intelligence. To read earlier articles from our emotional intelligence series on Self Awareness, Self Regulation, Motivation, and Empathy please visit our blog Most leaders believe their success comes from strategy, vision, or expertise. But time and again, the differentiator is something far simpler, and often overlooked… It’s the ability to connect, communicate,
Culture in Conflict: How Healthy Tension Builds Stronger Teams
“I didn’t push back or challenge, because I don’t want to rock the boat”. In our leadership and culture work with organisations, those words send a shiver down my spine. What it often means is that people avoid saying what they really think, meetings run smoothly on the surface with very little real debate, and decisions get made without much
The Mindset Mirror: What if Your Greatest Leadership Barrier Lives in Your Head?
What if your greatest barrier to being an inspiring leader, achieving the outstanding performance you only dare dream about, lives entirely inside your head? What would you be prepared to do to change things? The way you perceive yourself, the stories you tell yourself, the beliefs you cling to, and the assumptions you make, shape every decision, every interaction, and
Building Bridges: How Empathy Transforms Leadership and Teams
This is article 4 in our series on emotional intelligence. To read earlier articles from our emotional intelligence series on Self Awareness, Self Regulation and Motivation, please visit our blog “They listened, but I really didn’t feel heard.” “He’s great at strategy, but I often leave my 121 with him feeling quite flat.” “She just doesn’t get it …or me, and she doesn’t seem to care.”
Not Another Change Project: Lessons in Change Fatigue and Resilience
I still remember the moment my boss told me we’d be picking up a new project to review processes across our whole department. At the time, I was working in Training for a UK-based global airline, in a small team already juggling the fallout from a recent reorganisation, multiple overlapping initiatives, and a heavy day-to-day workload. I pushed back. “Really?