How to Lead Remote Teams
by Mike Desjardins
The very first thing you need to know is, don’t panic: leading remote teams isn’t as difficult as you might think – here are just some things you need to keep in mind. ViRTUS has run virtually, with remote team members...
COVID 19 – A Conscious Leadership Approach in Times of Crisis - In no time at all, the Coronavirus has gone from a minor concern to those in the West, to a serious game changer. Its impact on global health systems, economy and private lives is significant. It threatens...
A Framework for Setting your Business up for Success in a Volatile World - In a difficult environment, leaders need to resist the impulse to adopt a defensive pose. They must instead take actions that will position their organization for success. Uncertainty is like the weather. It’s always there, part...
Great Leaders & Organisations Advance a Just Cause
The Leader’s Identity Mind Trap: Personal Growth for the C-suite - Millions of years of evolution have shaped our brains, with nature selecting for many adaptive and energy-saving, if imperfect, shortcuts. Some are easy to spot—for example, how we systematically fall for optical illusions and how our loss-aversion reflex...
This is the precise number of people to put on a team to maximise productivity - Tech exec and entrepreneur Mona Sabet explains the exact size of a group that can build and maintain empathy and shared purpose to bring out maximum performance. In 2012, I founded Hipower, a nonprofit...
Successful companies are passionate about fostering a community of leaders with new mindsets “Organisations need to completely rethink what they are about and what it means to lead. It’s not about one person or even those residing at the top anymore. In today’s world, everyone has to adopt a leadership...
The capitalists putting purpose ahead of profit By Oliver Balch As protest and environmental alarm escalate, a new breed of business is prioritising values other than money and growth In a volatile world jolted by protest, revolt and environmental alarm, capitalism is showing signs of twitchiness.
Google Released Research On What Makes a Good Boss – Do you agree?
Some say the best kind of boss is one who leaves you alone – and new research released by Google shows that it’s kind of true.
For over a decade, researchers at the tech giant have...
Getting Uncomfortable on Purpose
Thinking about purpose in business was once a provocative and urgent activity. A seminal HBR article from 1994 states, “In most corporations today, people no longer know—or even care—what or why their companies are,” and argues that “strategies can engender strong, enduring emotional attachments only when they are...