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Help Wanted – Book Review

This funny and insightful book takes us backstage to the ‘movement’ (aka warehouse logistics) team in a large department store. Here we are introduced to each team member and how they react to the news that the store manager is moving on and the implications of this for internal succession ...

Leadership, Organisational Change, Organisational Design

Mr Bates and Board Effectiveness

The ITV drama Mr Bates v The Post Office has been a powerful catalyst in drawing attention to a gargantuan miscarriage of justice. It was ...

Governance, Leadership, Organisational Change

Supporting Your Team When There’s High Uncertainty

‘Although we are through Covid, it’s so hard to be certain about what lies ahead’ a manager recently told me. ‘The market is volatile, morale ...

Leadership, Organisational Change, Organisational Design

Boring words that don’t look good on a T-Shirt

This article on the Neuroscience of Trust forms part of our Leadership Insights series, looking to help leaders to build trust in their workforce, leading ...

Governance, Leadership, Organisational Change

Board Evaluations: From ‘tick-box’ to value add

Boards are coming under increasing scrutiny. Making time to reflect intentionally and purposefully on board effectiveness is no longer a ‘nice to do’ exercise, but ...

Leadership, Organisational Change

Learning from the astronauts and Nutella

This article, written by Anna Withers, on learning from astronauts forms part of our Leadership Insights series , highlighting the power of communication, looking to ...

Leadership, Organisational Change

Noticing: Lessons from a River Walk

This article on 'Noticing' forms part of our Leadership Insights series, highlighting the power of observation, looking to help leaders to improve their workforce engagement, ...

Leadership, Organisational Change

Leadership Insights: The Neuroscience of Trust

This article on the Neuroscience of Trust forms part of our Leadership Insights series, looking to help leaders to build trust in their workforce, leading ...

Leadership, Organisational Change

Leadership Insights: Sensemaking

This article on Sensemaking is the second article in our Leadership Insights series, looking to help leaders to learn and develop and be prepared to ...