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Want to Build Psychological Safety at Work? You go first.
It was National Inclusion Week, last week. And as we know it’s one of the four dimensions in which psychological safety at work is perceived by others. So I thought it was a perfect opportunity to have a chinwag with my good friend and colleague Scott Chambers in...
Mediating team conflict is good, but watch out for the pitfall.
Let’s face it, tension or conflict in a team can pop its ugly head up from time to time. The issue is what to do about it. One of the essential responsibilities of team leaders in shaping the dynamics of a team is mediating team conflict when it arises. But...
Why are we still not getting it right with employee engagement?
According to Gallups latest State of the Global Workplace 2023, only 23% of the world’s employees reported themselves as engaged at work. Wait a minute. It’s worse than that. The report finds that 59% are ‘quietly quitting’ and another 18% are doing this loudly. Which...
How does my personal style impact on the way I lead my team?
Human beings are creatures of habit. And we all have our behavioural ‘comfort zone’. The problem is that people’s habits and behavioural comfort zone sometimes coincide and sometimes they are different. People’s reactions, whether positive, neutral or negative, are...
Nurturing the Team’s Emotional Culture
What emotions does the success of this team depend on? It’s a great question, seldom asked. The teams success is usually perceived as a combination of collective knowledge, skills and behaviours, agreed purpose and processes needed to perform. And they form part of...
What on earth can team leaders actually do about employee engagement that HR can’t?
It seems a no-brainer, doesn’t it? Team leaders – at any level – will have a tremendous influence on the sense of engagement experienced by their team members. And yet the vast majority of employee engagement factors tend to be driven top down and HR led. They are...
So you want to reshape your culture. Where do you start?
Why can starting the journey to reshaping your organisational culture feel so daunting? For me, the answer is simple. HR professionals who are tasked with spearheading this transformational endeavour can face numerous challenges and sometimes navigating these...
360-Degree Feedback: Is it more trouble than it’s worth?
A recent conversation with a client got me thinking about precisely this question and in particular when and how do organisations use it. Surprisingly, some clients express a lack of interest or readiness for 360-degree feedback, which prompts me to question the...
This is the GOBO show
I'm thrilled to welcome you to the Glimpses of the Blindingly Obvious Podcast, also known as GOBO. In this introductory episode, I want to share with you my vision for this podcast and what we'll be diving into together. Now, you might be wondering, "Why another...
The so-called learning curve
I've recently had conversations with several leaders who want an instant performance uplift from sending their team member on training or development. Of course this is really understandable. There they are. They need their team members to be fully competent in either...
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