How to Run a Successful Strategy Day for Your Leadership Team
Discover how to plan and run a successful Strategy Workshop, Away Day or Off-site.
Start with these 10 questions to ask before planning Stategy day and find tips on structure, tools and faciliation.
Planning Leadership or Management Development - Start with 10 questions.
Is your leadership or management training really working, or just ticking a box?
Before you invest in another leadership or management programme, ask these 10 essential questions. This practical guide helps you plan training that’s aligned with your strategy, culture and values and genuinely builds confidence, connection and skills in your people to drive lasting behavioural change.
How to Give Feedback
This is the second blog in my weekly series: Practical Tips for Leaders and Managers.
This article shares some practical tips for giving feedback, something that almost everyone I work with admits is hard and uncomfortable.
5 Steps to Building Brilliant Teams. No 5. Results
Teamwork is about getting things done. It’s about making progress on the things that matter most. Results give focus, energy, and meaning to all the work that happens day-to-day. That’s why great teams align around shared results — and make them visible, measurable, and worth celebrating.
This is the final blog in my series exploring how to build a brilliant team — inspired by Patrick Lencioni’s Five Dysfunctions of a Team model.
5 Steps to Building a Brilliant Team. 4. Accountability
Accountability is how trust and commitment come to life in action. It’s about making sure what we said would happen, actually happens. It is a sign of mutual respect. It’s about showing up for each other.
This is the fourth blog in my series exploring how to build a brilliant team — inspired by Patrick Lencioni’s Five Dysfunctions of a Team model.
5 Steps to Building Brilliant Teams. 3. Commitment
Commitment in teams isn’t about getting everyone to agree - it’s about shared clarity and confidence in the way forward. Real commitment in teams doesn’t come from keeping everyone happy. It comes from clarity.
Without clarity, teams drift. Without commitment, teams stall.
This is the third blog in my series exploring how to build a brilliant team — inspired by Patrick Leconi’s Five Dysfunctions of a Team model.
5 Steps to Building a Brilliant Team. No 2. Healthy Conflict.
When people hear the word conflict, most of us flinch. We think of drama. Arguments. Division. But healthy conflict makes ideas stronger, decisions better, and teams more committed to what happens next.
This is the second article in my series exploring how to build a brilliant team — inspired by Patrick Lencioni’s Five Dysfunctions of a Team model.
Building Brilliant Teams: Tips for Founders and Entrepreneurs
Starting a business is exciting, intense, and full of unknowns. But one of the biggest challenges and opportunities you'll face as a founder is building your team. Who you hire, how you lead, and the culture you create will make or break your business.
Here are Tips for Founders and Entrepreneurs.
The Power of Bravery and Curiosity - Lessons from Socrates for Founders and Leaders
What can a Greek philosopher possibly have to help today's business leaders and founders? Just a few things in fact: Curiosity, bravery, the willingness to grasp change and pick yourself up when things go wrong or when you feel stuck.
Here we explore what Socrates can teach us about luck versus bravery, creating our own opportunities and being a brave leader.
Why Trust is Essential for Fast-Growth Businesses
Trust is the glue that holds businesses together. When trust is high, people feel safe to take risks, express themselves freely, and innovate. In fast-paced, high-growth businesses, trust keeps teams focused and cohesive through rapid change and uncertainty.
We explore why trust matters and how to build and maintain it as you grow.