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 [...]
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 [...]
As organisations plan for 2026, one thing is clear — operational performance will depend on how well people strategies translate into real and sustainable impact. From what we’re seeing across the organisations we work with, top priorities are shaping up to be: Building agile, adaptable teams [...]
At Mather Consulting, we know that strong teams are built when people understand and play to their strengths. Recently, we had the privilege of partnering with the University of Auckland’s HR Advisory Team during their offsite — a day focused on connection, celebration, and planning for the [...]
How often does your leadership team pause to ask the big questions? What’s working? What’s not? How do we strengthen our “One Team” approach? High-performing teams don’t just emerge by chance. They are built intentionally—through the discipline of regularly reflecting on performance, [...]
What makes a team offsite truly impactful? For the Research & Innovation Office (RIO) at the University of Auckland, the answer was clear: designing it with the team, for the team. Last week, Te Puna Tiketike | RIO came together for a full-day session to reconnect with their shared purpose and [...]
Ready to make 2025 your team’s best year yet? Kickstart high performance with our FREE High-Performance Team Check-In! Our check-in isn’t just another survey – it’s a conversation starter. Download the interactive worksheet, gather your team, and score yourselves on 10 crucial [...]
Congratulations to the 2024 Channel Leadership Development Programme Graduates! Your commitment to the LDP was outstanding, as shown by your investment in your own and others’ learning. Together, this team explored many leadership challenges, opportunities and practices: ✴ Building [...]
So much evidence shows that teamwork facilitates better results, whether in sports, the community, or business. So, how can you better leverage the power of collaboration to deliver outcomes for your customers and your business? You can do this successfully if you are purposeful and deliberate in [...]