by Amanda Baines | May 6, 2016 | Leadership
We will all have had some personal experience of following a ‘leader’. At a very early age our ‘leader’ may have been the primary school teacher who inspired us (or terrified us). Later in life it may be the CEO who runs the organisation where we work, or 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 Amanda Baines | Jan 9, 2016 | Leadership
The ability to continually create leadership breakthroughs is more critical than ever in today’s rapidly changing business world. Yet in the daily hubbub of running your business, do you stop to think about what it takes to achieve and maintain breakthrough...
by Kate Mercer | Nov 9, 2015 | Leadership
Every day in the papers we read about some ‘crisis’ or another. This is particularly true at the moment, with both localised and global security factors affecting many aspects of our lives. To understand how we react to a crisis, it’s useful to understand what goes on...
by Amanda Baines | Nov 1, 2015 | Leadership
Good interpersonal skills are the hallmark of all great leaders. There is no leadership without effective communication, and those possessing the art of delivering thoughts and ideas in meaningful ways are those who are most successful. No academic discourse or any...
