learning Archives - Strategic Leadership

14 Oct

To Prepare for Automation, Stay Curious and Don’t Stop Learning

By Kate Tuck
In Learning

To Prepare for Automation, Stay Curious and Don’t Stop Learning Earlier this year, President Trump signed an executive order for the “American AI Initiative,” to guide AI developments and investments in the following areas: research and development, ethical standards, automation, and international outreach. This initiative is indicative of the changing times, and...

07 Oct

Mindset – The psychological challenge of business growth

By Kate Tuck
In Business

Mindset - The psychological challenge of business growth - When a business changes faster than employees’ thinking there is a problem! Individuals’ assumptions, priorities and expectations become obsolete - mindset becomes a big obstacle to change and growth. Employees continue do a great job, but in some respects its yesterday’s...

04 Mar

The Future of Leadership Development

By Kate Tuck
In Leadership Development, Learning

The Future of Leadership Development - The need for leadership development has never been more urgent. Companies of all sorts realise that to survive in today’s volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environment, they need leadership skills and organisational capabilities different from those that helped them succeed in the past....

25 Feb

Former Facebook HR Exec Says Many Bosses Too Uncomfortable To Ask Hugely Important Question

By Kate Tuck
In Leadership, Personal Development, Training

Former Facebook HR Exec Says Many Bosses Too Uncomfortable To Ask Hugely Important Question - When she works with employees itching to take the next step in their careers, Sarah Wagener likes to ask a simple question: "Do you believe you've mastered your current role?"Typically, the answer is no.

07 May

4 Impressive Ways Great Leaders Handle Their Mistakes

By Kate Tuck
In Leadership, Personal Development

All leaders make mistakes. To be human means to mess up once in a while. But the difference between good leaders and great ones lies in how they handle those mistakes. What are you modelling to those around you when you make a mistake? Your team will be watching, and...

14 Mar

Workplace Learning Report 2018

By Kate Tuck
In HR, Learning, News

LinkedIn's Workplace Learning Report 2018 The path to opportunity is changing: The short shelf life of skills and a tightening labour market are giving rise to a multitude of skill gaps. Businesses are fighting to stay ahead of the curve, trying to hold onto their best talent and struggling to fill key...

28 Feb

The Most Humbling Lessons Of Leadership

By Kate Tuck
In Leadership

“I’ve learned that leadership is key to culture,” says Jill. “Our lives are a blank canvas — never think that you have it all figured out. We have to remain authentic, because that’s how we learn.”

14 Feb

Strategy, Culture and Values

By Kate Tuck
In Culture, Leadership, Strategy

How to Create an Environment of Continuous Change, Learning and Improvement - February is traditionally a time when our new year’s resolutions begin to lose momentum, and we start to slip back into our original habits. Change is hard, after all. The same is often true in business – in...

28 Nov

How to Inspire Engagement – Podcast with Chris Atkinson

By Christopher Atkinson
In Chris Atkinson, Engagement, Personal Development

Last week Chris Atkinson was interviewed by Brett Gajda for his podcast Where There's Smoke - they discussed inspiration and engagement. The interview includes debate about where people go wrong, our misunderstandings of the topic and three techniques to inspire others.

16 Oct

Celebration Grid – A Versatile Team Tool

By Kate Tuck
In Team, Training

From an instructor’s perspective, I find the Celebration Grid by far the most fascinating tool in the toolkit. I first learnt about celebration grids as they came up during a keynote that Jurgen Appelo gave at the Mile High Agile convention in Denver, Colorado in 2016. In his talk, Appelo explained how he created the...