In my blog in early 2022, I wrote about retaining your top talent in the midst of the “great resignation”, I’ve invited some of my esteemed colleagues to write about the kinds of things leaders need to pay attention to and this week I’d like to introduce you to Belinda Smith. Belinda specialises in coaching
For leaders
The Power of a Power Nap
In my blog in early 2022, I wrote about retaining your top talent in the midst of the “great resignation”, I’ve invited some of my esteemed colleagues to write about the kinds of things leaders need to pay attention to and this week I’d like to introduce you to Cara Moore. Cara is a Leadership
How to work with parents to motivate them to stay and to get the best out of them
In my blog in early 2022, I wrote about retaining your top talent in the midst of the “great resignation”, I’ve invited some of my esteemed colleagues to write about the kinds of things leaders need to pay attention to and this week I’d like to introduce you to Jane Moffett. Jane is a qualified coach
Job-crafting
In my blog in early 2022, I wrote about retaining your top talent in the midst of the “great resignation”, I’ve invited some of my esteemed colleagues to write about the kinds of things leaders need to pay attention to and this week I’d like to introduce you to Marie-Claire O’Kane. Here Marie talks about how leaders
Are leaders responsible for the mental health of their organisation?
In my blog in early 2022, I wrote about retaining your top talent in the midst of the “great resignation”, I’ve invited some of my esteemed colleagues to write about the kinds of things leaders need to pay attention to and this week I’d like to introduce you to Anne Archer. Anne is a coach, facilitator
You’re wasting half the talent in your team. Here’s how to stop.
In my blog in early 2022, I wrote about retaining your top talent in the midst of the “great resignation”, I’ve invited some of my esteemed colleagues to write about the kinds of things leaders need to pay attention to and this week I’d like to introduce you to Executive Coach, Emma Taggart. Here Emma talks
Menopause: What Leaders Need to Know
In my blog in early 2022, I wrote about retaining your top talent in the midst of the “great resignation”, I’ve invited some of my esteemed colleagues to write about the kinds of things leaders need to pay attention to and this week I’d like to introduce you to Jo Ibbott. Jo is an Executive Menopause Coach
Neurodiversity and Leadership
In my blog in early 2022, I wrote about retaining your top talent in the midst of the “great resignation”, I’ve invited some of my esteemed colleagues to write about the kinds of things leaders need to pay attention to and this week I’d like to introduce you to Katie Friedman of Gold Mind Neurodiversity
How to recruit in a tight talent market
In my last blog, I wrote about retaining your top talent in the midst of the “great resignation”, I’ve invited some of my esteemed colleagues to write about the kinds of things leaders need to pay attention to and this week I’d like to introduce you to Alison Hughes of Dynami Careers, here Alison shares
Retaining your top talent in the midst of the “great resignation”
For years, we have been talking about the war for talent. Personally, I don’t like the use of the word war here; we seem to use military and battle metaphors way too much when it comes to people, in my view. These are human beings, whose lives will be affected by the decisions they take
The Yin and Yang of (Virtual) Leadership: Humility and pride
“What catapults a company from merely good to truly great? A five-year research project searched for the answer to that question, and its discoveries ought to change the way we think about leadership. The most powerfully transformative executives possess a paradoxical mixture of personal humility and professional will. They are timid and ferocious. Shy and
The Yin and Yang of (Virtual) Leadership: Transparency and confidentiality
Your people want to know what is going on in the business. It helps them to do their work, if they understand the full picture. That’s a no-brainer. But sometimes, you might be privy to information that could have a bearing on their careers, for example, that you have been told not to share. I
The Yin and Yang of (Virtual) Leadership: Lack of certainty and consistency/predictability
We saw in my last post about risk that we are working in a really uncertain world. That poses a threat to us as humans as we like certainty (see David Rock’s SCARF model). We prefer to avoid uncertainty. And yet uncertainty is part of life and work these days. We cannot avoid it. We
The Yin and Yang of (Virtual) Leadership: Risk taking and caution
Have you noticed the differences over the past 18 months in the way people take risks or not? It’s right there in front of us in the decisions that our governments have made in whether they have blocked their borders for example, or at what point they have opened up out of lockdowns. The risks
The Yin and Yang of (Virtual) Leadership: Deep business acumen and deep personal acumen
Can you be good at business and good at personal relationships at the same time? If you want to be a great (or even a good) leader, this is another Yin and Yang that you need to factor into your way of working. What is business acumen? How would you describe it? Let’s look at
The Yin and Yang of (Virtual Leadership): Self-confidence and confidence in others
As a leader, we need self-confidence. I work with a lot of leaders who lack inner self-confidence, although they put a brave face on it. Some might call it imposter syndrome – thinking you will be found out sooner or later. But much of the time, we are simply facing situations that we have never
