You will have noticed that there are many ways people respond to change – some more productive than others. When I work with teams experiencing change, I start with the Change Capability model. I am always encouraged by their level of honesty in diagnosing where they currently sit on the ladder both individually, and as...
Curiosity was one of the things that first got me interested in leadership development! Curiosity about why some teams have a great dynamic and achieve so much and yet other teams seem to be dysfunctional, even though on paper both may have the same potential. How does this happen? In planning any journey, we need...
There’s a lot of talk about engagement, and the enhanced productivity that is unleashed through an engaged workforce. I think engagement has a lot to do with purpose, and our connection to ‘why’. Typically, the closer we are to the top of the organisational hierarchy, the more we understand the purpose, and how our work...
Over the last two months I have conducted a number of team workshops where trust was a central theme. On the whole I work with smart, enthusiastic teams of people, who individually are highly committed to the purpose of their organisations. So this begs the question, how does trust become an issue? Recent advances in...
Can corporate citizenship be left to the Corporate Social Responsibility Division? How does Corporate Citizenship fit with leadership? To find out I interviewed Jill Rose, the London based Global Director for Corporate Citizenship with an international consulting firm. Jill argues passionately that ‘Leadership and the idea of corporate citizenship, social purpose and sustainability just can’t...