Is a new world of leadership Mission Impossible?
Were our leaders supported during the last 18 months? Or did the UK lack the leadership skills needed to navigate a global pandemic?
Cultivate a culture of workplace innovation
What exactly is it that drives businesses forward? In most cases, it’s your people and innovation. A bright spark that is formed, developed and workshopped until becoming a fully tangible concept, eventually generating revenue and new markets – is the nirvana. But both your people and their innovation need to be nurtured, which was complex […]
Coaching: three powerful questions to challenge your learners
Leaders who coach have a powerful advantage of those that don’t at the moment – but successful coaching comes down to asking the right questions.
Positives of Learning From Mistakes as a Leader
Making mistakes has become somewhat synonymous with failure and that it is wrong for mistakes to have been committed, but from making mistakes you can accelerate your learning and resilience as a business owner and leader, and even thrive from there on because of them. The pandemic has been the catalyst for so many businesses […]
Money laundering, bribery and corporate liability
“Although there are no exact figures there is a realistic possibility that the scale of money laundering impacting the UK annually is in the hundreds of billions of pounds.” That quote from the National Crime Agency’s website starkly underlines the importance of anti-money-laundering training across UK businesses. [1] And whilst finance, accounting, legal and property […]
Why providing leadership opportunities outside the C-suite will reap rewards
Take a lead from Gareth Southgate’s management approach and recognise that teams need multiple leaders and a plethora of leadership skills to succeed.
VIDEO: the secret to innovation
The simplest ideas are often the best.
G.R.O.W Your Coaching With A Competency Framework
GROW is a simple but effective framework that helps your coachee understand where their development needs are and the actions, and path, they need to take to reach the their goal. Firstly, what does GROW stand for? G stands for GOAL R is for Reality O is for Options W is for the Will to […]
Leading people into the new era!
How learning can provide an anchor for leaders in uncertainty Our working practices have been irreversibly changed as a result of the pandemic. At a structural level, more organisations have announced that they’re moving towards hybrid and flexible models of working than ever before. Psychologically, the changing world has and will continue to impact many […]
Strategic Alignment of Learning Programmes
Strategic alignment, which aligns learning programmes with the business needs and objectives, is universally considered among the top challenges for learning and development professionals. Strategic alignment involves starting with the end in mind, determining the performance objectives of the learning programmes, and then designing and delivering training to achieve those specific objectives. To master strategic […]
Leaders are neglecting purpose, connection and collaboration
Many leaders are out of touch with what today’s workforce needs. Purpose, connection and collaboration are key – neglect them at your peril.
Mentoring in the hybrid world of work
If ever there was a time for mentoring support, this is it.
Conscious Leadership in 2021
The world is crying out for Conscious Leaders who are aware, awake, and connected as they rise to the challenges of our times. For millennia, human beings have embarked on journeys of self-discovery, pursuing knowledge, power, health, wealth, purpose, happiness and excellence. The human drive to look outwards, go further, run faster and build taller […]
Purpose: the genuine game-changer for learning and development?
Ex-CLO Chris Pirie shares how L&D must evolve to align with the new focus on purpose.
Ordinary People. Who?
Ordinary People: It’s a phrase we see/hear all the time and it really bugs me. I most recently spotted it in response to a post about meeting Richard Branson, where someone had commented: “Thanks for sharing this wonderful story. To me the best leaders are also great people who make time for ordinary people.” […]
The 9-5 Office – Why I’m Backing the Alternative
The battle has commenced between those advocating more remote working after the pandemic and those wanting people to return to the office. Take this recent article on the BBC news website, for example, in which Paul Swinney, spokesperson for Centre for Cities, says he is “quite hopeful that we will see people return five days […]
Mentoring the C-suite: filling the gaps left by non-executive directors
Better support is needed for those at the top of organisations.
Leadership skills: why we all need to learn how and when to lead
All of us can be leaders at any point in our careers and we need to rise to this challenge.
Personal development: why today’s young leaders need individual coaching and mentoring
Why individual coaching is needed in today’s complex professional environment.
Can you learn to be an entrepreneur?
The impact of covid-19 on the UK economy has been devastating. There’s been massive business closures, job losses and deepening inequality. But at the same time, another trend has slowly emerged; entrepreneurship. In 2020 in fact, there was a record-breaking 770,000 new businesses created, with online and mail-order being the most popular. But, is this […]
