workplace Archives - Strategic Leadership

01 Jan

Latest global mental health statistics are warning to employers

In News

Latest global mental health statistics are warning to employers - Figures released by YouGov in December 2020 show that the likelihood of suffering from a mental health condition, including anxiety and depression, differs according to the country of residence. This is something that must be considered by businesses with...

04 Feb

New Leadership Competencies For VUCA

In Leadership, VUCA

The annual Global Peter Drucker Forum has become the management conference of the year. It is dubbed the “Davos” of Management Conferences and features the “Who’s Who” of management thinkers. It is a result of Richard Straub’s conviction and tireless efforts to continue the legacy of Peter Drucker (1909-2005)....

24 Sep

Want to Set Your Colleague’s Salary Each Month?

In Culture

Keytoe workers are going to decide upon each other’s salary through an app. In this app, we can rate each other on a daily basis on one score only: how you feel about your colleagues. The score you receive, and the revenue and costs of the company for that month, determine...

18 Jun

Empathy Is An Essential Leadership Skill – And There’s Nothing Soft About It

In Leadership

- I get tired of hearing about “soft skills,” even when it’s acknowledged they are important. No less a hard-muscled body than the U.S. Army, in its Army Field Manual on Leader Development (one of the best resource on leadership I’ve ever seen) insists repeatedly that empathy is essential...

14 May

Empowering the Next Generation of Leaders

In Leadership

The need for strong leaders will never disappear, and now, it’s more important than ever to ensure that we empower the next generation of leaders at every level and age. In the next five years, 84% of organisations anticipate a shortfall in leaders, according to Infopro Learning. The same...

21 Feb

You’re Still at Risk of Burn Out Even If You Love What You Do

In Engagement, Leadership, Personal Development

And no, it can't be be resolved by blowing off some steam or meditating for 30 minutes - When we’re deeply immersed in our work, we’re often committed to a goal and a quality standard and making progress accordingly. This is what people mean when they talk about “engagement.”...

30 Nov

5 Ways to Boost Your Resilience at Work

In Personal Development

More than five decades of research point to the fact that resilience is built by attitudes, behaviors and social supports that can be adopted and cultivated by anyone. Factors that lead to resilience include optimism; the ability to stay balanced and manage strong or difficult emotions; a sense of...

02 Oct

How Your Business Can Adapt To Millennials

In Business, Chris Atkinson, Leadership

Recently a video by author and speaker Simon Sinek went viral on social media achieving over 78 million views on Facebook alone. The hot topic was about millennials (people born after 1984) in the workplace. The narrative in the media took a very negative tone about what he was...

12 Apr

How to Motivate People Beyond Money

In Chris Atkinson, Engagement, HR, Leadership, Strategic Leadership Authors

The imperative to make a critical shift forward is written on the walls of our workplaces. Money is not enough, because in a world of increasing change, challenges, competition the litmus test, the NEW currency of success is providing YOUR people, YOUR bread and butter, the foundation of YOUR...