Rewilding leadership: How to learn from nature’s resilience

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Spring has sprung and nature is teeming. But what’s that got to do with leadership development? Thom Dennis, CEO of Serenity in Leadership, believes we can take inspiration from natural ecosystems to help organisations develop resilient structures. Here, he shares practical techniques for applying this progressive approach coined ‘Rewilding leadership’.

Your six-step L&D guide to delivering impact and value

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To make a genuine business impact, L&D teams must look beyond much-loved vanity metrics and assess behaviour changes required to support the organisation-wide strategy. Here, L&D expert Robin Hoyle offers a six-step guide on how to do just this.

How L&D can make an impact during times of financial strain

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Even the smallest L&D teams can make a difference by thinking about and approaching their work differently. Significant benefits can be reaped from adopting a more strategic approach to what we spend our time on and how it impacts the business.

Mastering meetings: The key to effective leadership

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Meetings. Whether you love them, loathe them or sit somewhere in the middle, there’s no denying they are crucial for both teams and organisations. But ineffective meetings cost time and money. Here, Dani Bacon and Garin Rouch of Distinction Business Consulting explore strategies for better executed and more meaningful meetings.

Four practical tools for leaders who coach

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To build a high-performing team, leaders who coach must pack their toolbox with varying techniques and approaches. Here, Coaching expert Matt Somers outlines four essential tools and when to deploy them to drive team success.

Why leadership development fails women and how to fix it

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Why are we still not getting leadership development right for women? Ahead of International Women’s Day (8 March 2025), TrainingZone spoke to Mairi Fairley, Partner and Chair at OC&C Strategy Consultants, about this failure – and how to solve it.

Stop saying that! The dark side of leadership soundbites

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The reality of leadership is complex, and quick-fix slogans rarely account for the nuance of leading effectively. Here, Dani Bacon and Garin Rouch of Distinction Business Consulting, reveal five common yet harmful leadership soundbites – and what to say instead.