In this recent HBR blogpost, Herminia Ibarra, professor of organisational behaviour at Insead, commented on the two different "rhetorics" about leadership which have coexisted since the global financial crisis in 2008 one which is decisive and...

Have you ever wondered why some restructures never deliver their intended changes? Or why some people are successful in roles whereas others aren’t? Chances are that lip service was paid to the organisation design process.  Too often...

Presence is a common leadership development theme in executive coaching. I have often wondered why it comes up so frequently and why we struggle to define it adequately. What I have learnt through my coaching work is that rather than provide a...

When time is short, decisions are many and there is no end to the challenges, senior leaders (and organisations) can sometimes forget about their own development. However, while they might not need extra skills (they have generally already proven...

As we pass the halfway mark in the year, many of us are travelling at high revs while others may be redlining.  I know I have been feeling it There is good and bad news. The bad news is that stress is a common challenge for the majority of...

At its core, embedded learning can be neatly summarised as learning while doing as opposed to learning to do. It’s an increasingly popular learning approach which suits our fast-paced times, increases speed to performance, feeds the new generation...

Very often the challenges my coaching clients bring to their sessions relate to trust building trust in their relationships at work with line managers, direct reports, peers and clients. Maister, Green and Galford, authors of The Trusted Advisor

Nurturing high potential employees is important in todays post global financial crisis environment. Research by the Corporate Leadership Council (CLC)* shows that their number globally has fallen by 48%. As these employees (relative to the broader...

Load More