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Bridges to the Future: People (3)
This third article on People ‘Bridges to the Future’ considers two key enablers that will help us create organisations where people flourish and their potential is unlocked. Enabler 1: Effective People Managers …
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Bridges to the Future: Are you leading with a Microscope or Telescope?
In our previous article, we asked you to imagine you are in 2023 and are able to look back at this time. We asked you to consider what kind of leadership would you…
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Bridges to the Future: Not Knowing
Imagine you are in 2023 and are able to look back at this time. What kind of leadership would you like to be remembered for? This is a watershed moment for leaders in organisations.…
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Building Resilience Series: Part 3
We have never been fans of the ‘tough it out alone’ approach to dealing with life’s challenges. The environment we shape and the people we journey with has a huge bearing on…
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Collaboration – a game of snakes and ladders?
One of the strangest pieces of research we have come across was published in the Harvard Business Review: ‘Adults behave better when Teddy bears are in the room’. The research suggests that…
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Unleash your leader – A Book Review
Don’t be put off by the somewhat adolescent title of this gem of a book. Unleash your leader contains some essential truths every leader needs to know. As consultants, we are often…
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Being fearless
This is the headline statement of an excellent new book called The Fearless Organisation by Amy Edmondson a Professor at Harvard Business School. I have long been an admirer of her research…
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How do you bring insight?
I often hear from organisational leaders that we need to move from providing information to discovering insights. It’s a seductive thought. We have information overload, but where are the rubies in the…
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Secrets to success?
We don’t usually go for these lists of supposed ‘secrets’ but we quite like this one. In a 3-minute TED talk, analyst Richard St John distils 500 interviews with successful people into…
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The importance of asking “why?”
Simon Sinek encouraged us to Start With Why and, more recently is offering to help us Find Our Why. The subtext of each of these books is all about inspiring others to take action,…
