Leadership

There is a moment in every organisation that rarely gets recognised for what it is. It does not arrive with a performance warning or a resignation letter, and it certainly does not…

Workforce cuts are often framed as a necessary, rational response to economic pressure. Leaders justify redundancies using language like efficiency, streamlining, and shareholder value. On spreadsheets, the logic appears sound: fewer people,…

Leadership Will Never Be the Same If the last few years have taught us anything, it’s that the world of work has been permanently reshaped. The pandemic, digital disruption, AI breakthroughs, and…

Soon we stand to see the demise of another Conservative Prime minister in the UK. With the race for a new PM fully underway. One person I would like to see step…

Most of you will have heard the phrase “It’s lonely at the top”. But how many of you have considered if it is true or what it actually means? Some people will…

For generations, managers have built management systems around a remarkably simple assumption. If you want people to do more of something, reward them. If you want them to stop doing something, punish…

We have all heard of the seven deadly sins. If you are a regular churchgoer, you probably heard and recited them more than others. You will probably also understand them more than…

Leadership traits to be aware of and not only avoid people with them but also ensure you do not develop these yourself! I have seen it time and time again where the…

Decisive leaders seek out the appropriate information they need to make good decisions. Basically they have a broad understanding of the knowledge held by their team, colleagues, and leaders, henceforth this information…

Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters Almost every organisation claims to have values. Leaders display them on walls, print them in corporate literature and repeat them during induction programmes as though putting a collection…