Effective coaching isn’t measured by the quality of the conversation alone. It’s measured by what people are able to do differently afterwards. As leaders, it can be tempting to measure our coaching by what happens in the moment. Did I ask good questions? Did I listen rather than jump in with [...]
CliftonStrengths®: Turning Leadership Talent into Team Performance What strengths already exist within your leadership teams — and are you making the most of them? Gallup CliftonStrengths® can help leaders understand their natural talents and use them more intentionally. But its value can go [...]
Insights Discovery: How Self-Awareness Helps Teams Work Better Together What changes when people understand themselves — and each other — a little better? Insights Discovery helps people build greater self-awareness and understand how their preferences can influence the way they communicate, [...]
Productive Conflict: Turning Team Tension into a Strength What if conflict wasn’t something your team avoided — but a capability they mastered? Productive conflict is an important capability in high-performing teams. Different ideas, interpretations and perspectives will naturally create [...]
Developing Future Leaders Takes More Than Good Intentions It is one thing to talk about developing future leaders. It is another to make a meaningful investment in growing leadership talent. Developing future leaders takes time, opportunity and intentional investment. It also means helping emerging [...]
Creating a Change-Ready Culture: What Leaders Tell Us Matters What does it really take to build a change-ready culture? A change-ready culture helps people and teams navigate change effectively, adapt to new ways of working and contribute to the outcomes an organisation is trying to achieve. As [...]
Does Mindset Matter? More Than We Might Think How would you describe the mindset in your team or organisation? It’s a question worth thinking about. We can have a clear strategy. We can have the Plan on a Page. We can establish priorities, measures and expectations that give people direction [...]
What Helps High-Performing Teams Be at Their Best? What enables high-performing teams to really be at their best? It’s easy to focus on individual capability. But high-performing teams need more than talented people. They need a shared purpose and clear objectives. They also need strong [...]
The Power of Co-Creating Change Through Appreciative Inquiry What if, instead of starting with what’s wrong, we started by exploring what’s already working? I recently worked with a senior leadership team with an ambition to be truly transformative within a large and complex [...]
Leading Change: Helping People Move Forward Change is a constant in organisations. But successfully implementing change is about much more than having a good plan. People need to understand the change, connect with why it matters and feel supported as they move through it. And that means leaders [...]