Leadership Insights
These posts cover a range of leadership topics, drawing on evidence-based leadership insights from around the world.
3 Leadership Mistakes I Have Made and What I Learnt
How are you doing with these classic leadership mistakes?
Is DISC a Good Recruitment Tool?
In a world where people move between roles and organisations more frequently, the efficiency that DISC brings to selection and induction is extremely valuable.
How Effective Leaders Give Feedback and Build Superstars
Giving effective feedback is a powerful leadership skill that lifts performance and fosters growth and development.
Why It’s So Important for Leaders to Give Feedback Quickly
Most leaders underestimate the effectiveness of skilful - and timely - feedback. Why it's so important for leaders to give feedback quickly.
What is Accountability & How is it Different to Responsibility?
Often confused accountability and responsibility are linked but different. This doesn’t help increase accountability. Understand the difference.
6 Ways Leaders Can Build Accountability
Leaders frequently wish the people they lead are more accountable. How can a leader build accountability?
How Zone 2 Exercise Makes You a Better Leader
Zone 2 exercise is easy and immensely powerful. It will change your life and make you a better leader.
Why What You Do Next is Your Most Important Leadership Ability
Being a great leader requires being good at many things. What you do next can make or break your leadership.
The Ripple Effect of Leadership Development
The impact of high quality leadership development is like ripples, felt far beyond the participants by the people they lead and across the organisation.
5 Benefits of Leadership Development
Leadership development is the planned enhancement and acceleration of natural leadership growth, changing the trajectory of their leadership, the people the lead, and their organisation.
How Leadership Development Programmes Improve Organisational Culture
Leadership development programs can transform your company culture by empowering your employees and fostering a positive work environment. Find out more here.
Leadership Course Benefits - Attract & Retain Talent
In today’s highly competitive talent market one often overlooked but highly effective strategy to attract and retain talent is leadership development.
5 Ways Leaders Can Use DISC
DISC is a powerful, behaviour-focused tool. Its real value lies in using it. Here are 5 ways leaders can use DISC in their daily leadership.
Why Strengths-Focused Leadership is Right for the Times
How people think about work is changing. Strengths-focused leadership is a style of leadership that primarily considers what people are good at and less on their perceived weaknesses. Leadership that engages and developed people is likely to keep becoming more right for the times.
How CliftonStrengths Hot-Wires Development
CliftonStrengths is right for the times. It provides what people are increasingly looking for at work and it offers a proven framework that guides using strengths-based management and leadership in the workplace.
How to Lead A Law Firm in a Hi-Tech Market
Practising law is based on subject matter expertise and reducing risk, its leaders tend to feel the need to keep a close eye on the work of their people. But leadership based on oversight and control is at odds with contemporary best-practice.