Blog - Strategic Leadership

26 Oct

The HR Leader’s Strategic Guide to the Top Table

In HR

I don’t know many senior HR professionals who don’t want to be part of the top team and have influence on business focus, goals and budget. yet, when I speak with CEOs, they invariably do not appreciate the value of Strategic HR, until I show them. Why? Because they...

19 Oct

How to Bring Unity and Calm to Your Team

In Leadership, Team

Bring Unity and Calm to Your Team - Life got messy in 2020. It’s not just the virus. It’s the way the virus has changed everything we once took for granted—from the way we work to the way we get to work. Or don’t get to work, as the case may be. Although forecasts and timelines...

12 Oct

Conversations – The Crucial Factor of Success in Leadership

In Leadership

Conversations - The Crucial Factor of Success in Leadership - There is an invisible fabric that holds organisations and culture together, that is not taught overtly in any facets of our lives. It has a significant bearing on the results we are able to achieve, the quality of...

05 Oct

Going Digital with Leadership Development Programmes

In Leadership Development, Training

Going Digital with Leadership Development Programmes - Leadership development programmes have a time-honoured format and style that can be hard to replicate online but in the new world of work we are forced to try. This is an opportunity to be innovative whilst remaining effective. Here are some top...

21 Sep

Five Strategies Every Leader Must Embrace to Harness Disruption

In Strategy

Five Strategies Every Leader Must Embrace to Harness Disruption -

14 Sep

How to Stay Creative When Your Team Is Working Remotely

In Culture, Team

How to Stay Creative When Your Team Is Working Remotely -

07 Sep

Is coronavirus the ultimate test in ethical leadership for HR?

In Leadership

Is coronavirus the ultimate test in ethical leadership for HR? Whether it’s furlough or free healthcare, companies’ actions during the coronavirus have come under greater scrutiny than ever. Will the organisations that followed a moral compass emerge the strongest? Jo Faragher investigates.

24 Aug

The question of the year: Are remote teams productive?

In Team

The question of the year: Are remote teams productive? We can't help ourselves. We all want to know the answers to these two questions: "Are people really working as much at home as they did in the office?" "Can you work from home and be and stay productive?" Despite wanting to give your teams the...

17 Aug

Superlearning for a future-proof workforce

In Learning

Superlearning - Reskilling, upskilling and outskilling for a future-proof workforce (17 min read) Many learning and development teams have already realised that reskilling the workforce is essential, but that learning as we know it will not suffice. The World Economic Forum sounded an alarm in January 2020 by announcing: “The world...

10 Aug

The Age Of Uncertainty – Agile and Leadership

In Chris Atkinson, Leadership

Nigel Baker is a one of the best known Agile trainers globally and a long time friend of our UK MD Chris Atkinson. In this interview Chris and Nigel discuss how their respective world of Leadership and Agile are starting to align. They discuss everything from leaders as coaches,...