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There is growing evidence that better leadership skill training is needed and needed urgently. Evidence from a Department of Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) report suggests that up to 75% of UK companies report a leadership skills deficit. We have developed a series of workshops called
Workplace motivation can be a challenge at the best of times, but how do you stay motivated when things are difficult? We can respond very differently to change, it might be that we think we can influence change or alternatively we can feel unable to affect change. And how we …
What types of leadership might be helpful during tough times? Are there particular types of leadership that can be helpful during a recession?
To answer the question “what types of leadership might be needed?” it’s helpful to first ask another question. What are some of the key issues and difficulties …
What is leadership? What if we take a different view of leadership and ask the question: what might be common to good leadership which is all to often uncommon in practice? How does uncommon leadership help to make a difference during times of austerity?
What are the austerity leadership qualities that will help us to weather the recession? No doubt the list could be a long one, here we’ll focus on the importance of getting the balance right. Leadership has always been a balancing act, but perhaps more than ever getting the balance right …
What are some of the essential leadership skills for coping with a recession? A tough recession can make you question what matters in your business. And that is not a bad question to ask. It also leads to questions about where you focus your energies.
In answer to these questions …
One of our favourite quotes on change at the moment is this:
All improvement is change but not all change is improvement.
What is so disarming about this quotation is that it goes to the heart of what change should be about; the focus of change should be improvement.
Of …