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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...
The Elephant in the room: Our teamwork isn’t working
Ok so let’s talk about the elephant in the room. No team is perfect and from time to time, one of the team members are just not willing to play. They drag their feet, don’t live up to commitments and sap the energy of the group. Ok so you’ve done the team...
Leaders: Ignore feelings at work at your peril
We don't leave our feelings at the front door when we leave for work or (if WFH) switch on our device to start our working day. As humans we are a hubble-bubble of a range of feelings. From energising, buzz-inducing, pleasure-boosting positive emotions to...
What Can Team Leaders Actually Do About Trust in Teams Anyway?
Trust in teams is a fundamental pillar of employee engagement and ultimately team performance. But what can team leaders actually do about it? In his book ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People’, Stephen Covey says: “Without trust we don’t truly collaborate,...
Courageous Conversations and Productivity
The Challenge Our client was the new CIO for the UK business of global book publishing group Hachette. While the technology division had had almost a decade of major transformation success it had become siloed and disconnected from the business. As Chris...
Do you have a team of stars or a star team?
Crazy question, I know, but post-pandemic businesses are really dependent on collective effort, not individual performance, to move from surviving, to thriving and growing again. Like any sports team with star players, you still need the whole team's effort to win the...
What kind of conditions need to exist to create employee engagement?
There has been a lot written in recent years about employee engagement, and if you have read any of the research by Gallup (et al) you will be pretty much convinced of the tangible organisational value of having an engaged workforce. With all the descriptions,...
Making Teamwork Work
The Challenge How do you get all members of a team to feel valued and contributing to the business after an acquisition? Our clients, senior managers of the European division of a global technologies company, were less than happy with the level of human integration...
Senior Leadership Development
The Challenge TNS-Global, a global market research and intelligence group had set itself the strategic goal of being recognised as the global leader in delivering value-added information and insights that help clients to make more effective decisions. The custom...
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