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Are Your Strategies Aligned or Just Coexisting?

During the recent days of extreme heat, I happened to have a great day out at the Northumbrian Water Innovation festival, taking part in a sprint there. This is what formed the basis of what I'm dropping this month.This isn’t because this is an new avenue of thinking...

Is your lack of ‘Leader Gravitas’, preventing you from gaining ‘High Trust’?

I first met this term when I was working in financial services over 20 years ago, and recently I've been reintroduced as part of a leadership development programme. If your anything like me you will have a view on what might be a part of this term 'gravitas', and so...

How are your significant ‘change cycles’ developing your leadership?

I'm going to keep this month's nice and brief, highlighting something that really connected with me this past few weeks. The weather may have helped, given I seem to be reflecting in the garden more. It was the concept of '7 year cycles' as described in this Harvard...

How effective are your efforts to innovate?

A few conversations recently with the idea of innovation in mind have led me to this month's theme. Many businesses will say they have a culture where innovation thrives and so it's always a good idea to try and put this to the test, so here’s a few ideas on what this...

Are you reflecting enough on your leadership?

Having done a fair amount of this recently, working on myself, it's fair to say my own awareness of how well others are reflecting has been raised. I can see so many opportunities for us to get better at this both individually and in teams and so, why not capture a...

Why the Best Leaders Invest in People Skills (And Why Some Still Don’t)

Whilst recently spending a fair chunk of time with my head in business strategy I was reminded in one of my coaching engagements that breadth is important. What do I mean by that…..well, many people assume that success in leadership comes from strategic thinking,...