The ONE important question to ask yourself
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One confronting truth as we return to the workplace
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Welcome to 2021
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My 7 Wishes for You for a Happy (& Fearless) Christmas
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5 warning signs in a senior leadership team
Is the behavior of one team member creating a dysfunctional team? The damaging impact of one executive can go unnoticed and/or unacknowledged, slowly eroding a positive team dynamic and negatively influencing organisational culture. Robert was highly technically competent, and having been in the organisation for many years, held a significant corporate memory. No one could...
How to build and maintain trust with small habits
Ask a group of people about what they have valued about work since Coronavirus hit, and you will hear ‘greater autonomy’ and ‘feeling more empowered’ high amongst the responses. In 2020 COVID-19 has created disruption and forced leaders and managers to give people more discretion over their work – how and when they do it....
Trying to avoid conflict? Why that’s the wrong strategy
Harmony in a leadership team can be seductively alluring, an ideal to aim for… It can also be a recipe for poor quality decisions and less creative thought, maintaining a course for the status quo. Thinking about the leadership team you are part of, how well do you surface and resolve conflict creatively in ways...
The Perils of a Functional Leadership Team
There is a massive opportunity cost for being a Functional Leadership Team! Sadly, if the result of a quick poll I did last week on a webcast is indicative, almost half of you are part of a Functional Team. (See the flipchart below from this session – the blue figures show the attendees’ assessment of...
Who gets to decide? Fearless Leadership teams know who decides
Who gets to decide? When I work with senior leadership teams, it is often apparent that there is a lack of clarity between what is an executive team decision, and what decisions lie with individual executives, or even below executive level. This lack of clarity leads to executive team energy being wasted on decisions that are...
Could all teams benefit from Fearless Leadership?
‘Could all teams benefit from Fearless Leadership?’ This fabulous question was asked by a director when I presented to the board about the Fearless Leadership program their exec team was mid-way through. My response? ‘Yes all teams could benefit… And not all teams are up for it!’ Here are three indicators that your team is...