How Much Should I Focus on Strategy vs. Culture?
Our fixation on strategy is natural. We must be solution focused to be great leaders, and we lean into creating effective strategies to review our performance against the market. Yet, this process often causes us to neglect our organisational culture – and then we begin to tread water. We need to have the right culture […]
Is Imposter Syndrome Sabotaging Your Success?
Welcome to the high-octane world of modern workplaces, where many leaders navigate the hidden, unspoken struggle known as imposter syndrome. This psychological occurrence can impact individuals at every level, questioning their achievements and challenges their deservingness of success. Unmasking the Illusion Imposter syndrome is the relentless fear of being unmasked as a fraud, despite a […]
Cultivating a Purpose-Driven Culture
The role of behaviour in the workplace has undergone a significant transformation in line with a distinctly different level of expectation from team members around culture. Previously, leaders would dictate how individuals should behave by instructing them on their expected norms and standards. The recent emergence of organisational leadership though has revolutionised not only our approach […]
The Comfort Zone Trap
You need to talk to your leader about your future opportunities, but before the meeting even starts, you start to catastrophise. Taking on more responsibility would allow you to grow, but you are faced with your own growing imposter syndrome. You want to pursue the next step in your career, but it’s easier to be comfortable […]
Alignment Conversations and Leadership Success
The command-and-control management approach has been prevalent for decades. It emphasises a hierarchical structure, which applies pressure from the top down. You may have experienced this in your own career, where leaders enforce orders and inflexible policies from a great distance, and team members have little to no input on the direction of their professional careers or […]
Leadership & Personal Branding
The most valuable asset of a leader is their personal brand. It can inspire trusting teams, retain loyal team members and clients, and build long-lasting relationships. The practice of creating a positive personal brand is what makes leaders memorable. However, an unkempt personal brand can still make leaders memorable – but for all the wrong reasons. In […]
Boosting Team Performance
As a leader, you want to enable your team to fire on all cylinders, work together smoothly, and achieve great results. Yet sometimes, despite your best efforts, you might find that some team members just aren’t meeting expectations. As a leader, it’s frustrating, and it can be hard to know how to address the issue. […]
Is Your Company Culture Aligned?
Happiness at work extends far beyond successfully completing tasks. It encompasses fitting in with the organisation and sharing its purpose, values, vision, and work style – ultimately driving business success through culture. When an organisation deliberately defines and actively nurtures its workplace culture, it thrives. However, if the culture is left unattended, it can lead […]
The Secret to High-Performing Teams
In today’s fast-paced and competitive work environment, creating a culture of openness and trust can be challenging. However, as a leader of a team, prioritising psychological safety is crucial to unlocking their full potential. In this blog, we’ll explore why psychological safety matters in the workplace. By the end of this article, you’ll have a […]
Women in Leadership: The Impact of Diversity
There is an abundance of resources that support the notion that female leaders are anticipated to have certain stereotypical traits which detract from their competency, compared to traditionally masculine leadership. Women in leadership are commonly associated with warmth, kindness and agreeability. This is not the same narrative for men in leadership positions, and these emotional […]