Emotional Buffer? Here’s How You Stop
You’re the emotional buffer for everyone — and it’s getting heavy. Emotional buffering is a new experience for a lot of leaders. With changes to psychosocial risk legislation and more focus on health and wellbeing, the reliance on leaders to support their teams emotionally, has increased significantly. Leading with care without carrying it all There’s something […]
I want to connect with my team, but I have no time
Time poor, but craving connection with your team? Here’s how you can lead with presence, even when your diary is packed. You care about your team. You want them to feel supported, seen, motivated and engaged. You know connection matters. But when you’re jumping from back-to-back meetings, managing projects, putting out fires AND trying to […]
Honest conversations are uncomfortable
Honest conversations are uncomfortable. Avoiding difficult conversations is easy. Resolving them effectively is a leadership skill. Whether it’s tension with a colleague, a simmering frustration, or an awkward silence that’s undermining collaboration, avoiding the issue rarely works. The reality? Honest conversations are a skill. Uncomfortable, yes. But, like any skill, they can be developed with […]
Addressing Unconscious Bias as a Leader
Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to organisational success. And yet, despite best intentions, many leaders are still challenged by their unconscious bias. Unconscious bias is tricky. It’s not something you choose, it’s not something you can see, but as a leader, it’s something you need to own. Your actions shape your culture. Every decision you […]
Culture problem? It could be your CEO.
The culture problem could be from your CEO. Leadership shapes culture — whether intentionally or not. And when it’s not intentional, the impact can be costly. Your leaders and teams can’t operate on assumptions. Without clear direction and cultural alignment from the top, workplace culture evolves on its own and often in ways that don’t […]
Stressed Team? Here’s Three Ways to Support Them
A stressed team and workplace feels like a constant weight that seems to grow heavier the longer it goes on. Pressure builds, frustrations reach their peak, and before long, you might find yourself and your team feeling overwhelmed and unable to break the stress cycle. We all know the signs of a team under pressure: […]
Why you need to be agile to evolve.
We’re in a constant state of evolution and it’s only getting more and more rapid. The key to success? Agility. Here’s why you need to be agile to evolve in your business. The organisations that consistently thrive in times of change are those that respond to it with speed, clarity and confidence. That kind of responsiveness […]
How Great Leaders Lead Through (Inevitable) Change
Change is inevitable and it’s rarely convenient. Sometimes it’s slow and creeping. Other times, it lands without warning. In these moments, the true character of leadership is revealed. When faced with uncertainty, teams don’t just need answers — they need clarity, care and confidence. This is where great leaders naturally step up. In our experience, […]
Has the middle manager been killed off?
Work is shifting rapidly – and it’s showing up in the evolving role of middle management in organisations. Once considered the “glue” between strategy and execution, middle managers are critical in companies as they are closest to day-to-day operations and frontline employees. However, the expectation on this role has increased significantly, and are now expected […]
Redefining Productivity: Why doing more isn’t the goal anymore.
Productivity doesn’t look like it used to. Productivity is no longer about long hours at a desk or ticking off a never-ending to-do list. In the current workplace landscape of ‘flexible work’, evolving priorities and hybrid teams have meant the definition of productivity has shifted. The new age of productivity now focuses less on output […]
