by Amanda Baines | Jun 1, 2016 | Leadership
Have you taken a look at how honest you are within your working environment? Use these six informative tips to kick-start your self-awareness. Being aware of your thoughts, beliefs and feelings, as well as knowing what drives your behaviour, goes a long way to...
by Kate Mercer | Mar 15, 2016 | Leadership
Authentic Leadership is the practice of accomplishment through enablement. It is distinct from the more familiar autocratic leadership which seeks aggrandisement through control. Everyone can be an authentic leader and the first step is to make the choice and the...
by Kate Mercer | Feb 25, 2016 | Leadership, Organisation Culture
For the vast majority of people, collaboration is a matter of willingness, not ability. And unless there is a fundamental wish to collaborate, it won’t happen. When senior people in organisations tell their team leaders to work together, it will only happen if ‘they’...
by Kate Mercer | Nov 13, 2015 | Leadership
Leadership is difficult work, and it can be easy to stray from who we are at the core in order to satisfy business imperatives. Being totally authentic may present particular challenges in today’s highly competitive environments where, for example, proprietary...
by Kate Mercer | Nov 8, 2015 | Leadership
In part 1 of ‘Leadership 101’, we looked at what the key aspects and attributes of leadership are, those vital for developing skills that will last throughout your working life. In part 2, we turn our focus instead to leadership styles. Good leaders are...