Leadership

In today’s fast-paced and competitive business world, success is often measured by the performance of a team. However, achieving peak performance requires more than just talented individuals working together. It requires a strong sense of accountability within the team.  Team accountability is the key to unlocking success and driving…

In today’s fast-paced business environment, it can be challenging to keep up with the latest development approaches and trends. While most companies understand the benefits of a strengths-based approach to employee development, implementing it in everyday practices is much harder said than done. In this article, we’ll explore why…

What is the Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats method? The six thinking hats is a tool developed by Edward de Bono – a British-born Maltese physician, psychologist and author best known for his work in the field of creative thinking, particularly in the areas of lateral thinking, parallel…

Quality Conversations is an integral part of effective leadership. In this article, we will explore the different roles a person can play in a conversation, and how to play those roles effectively through an understanding of their soundwave profile.

Effective communication is one of the most important skills we can develop, yet many of us fall short in this area. “Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair….

What underlies employee engagement is a series of ‘productive’ behaviours that may not be captured adequately by an annual survey, according to Paul White, a business coach and psychologist. Business managers want to instil positive behaviours in the workplace – for people to show up at work, follow instructions…

“People Don’t Leave Jobs, They Leave Managers” That’s a common knowledge to most managers, or even non-managers. In fact, Gallup’s research shows that 70% of variance in Employee Engagement is attributed to the managers. And one of the elements for increasing engagement is for managers to demonstrate to their people…

The skill of giving feedback is so important that it affects everything from personal relationships and leadership, to team cohesion and productivity.  If you haven’t already read my earlier post on Giving Strengths-Based Feedback, I highly recommend that you take a look at it.  It was based on some…

In the strengths-based approach, we always start with talent, and finish with strength. This is where the role of 360 feedback becomes powerful.  Although the tool is named StrengthsFinder, what the results really tells us is our talent themes. To develop those talents into strengths, we need to invest time…

“Can I give you some feedback?” ​ Most people have a churn in their stomach when we hear this, and the first internal response that we have is “Oh no, what have I done wrong?”  Giving proper feedback is extremely powerful, but given wrongly, feedback can be ineffective or…