You work with physicians to help them make the cognitive shift from clinical to becoming a leader. Can you tell us how you help them with this transition? I truly enjoy this part of my work. It is helping our physicians tap into that side of the brain that houses creativity and feelings. The transitions […]
No matter which industry you lead, the impacts of the pandemic were widespread, touching every business type and catalysing change. COVID changed business, perhaps forever. From the telehealth industry that was a 38x increase in service demand to eCommerce, where global reviews doubled online the year after COVID began, everything has been impacted. As leaders, […]
Ahead of International Women’s Day, Cerys Johnson, CEO of REPL, part of Accenture, discusses the ongoing issue of gender inequality in leadership. Gender discrimination has been a challenge I have faced throughout various points in my career; I would be hugely surprised if there are any women in my generation who would say they haven’t […]
What is love? Love is the unconditional acceptance of all of who I am as a human being – warts and all – and the unconditional acceptance of all of who you are and who others are as human beings. It is the ability to separate an individual’s behaviour from the very essence of who […]
Companies operate in times of unprecedented pressure for change. As the COVID pandemic continues to create massive challenges for demand forecasting, operations, and supply chains, also pre-existing drivers for change such as digitalisation, sustainability, diversity and inclusion are more important than ever. Simply said, companies need to fundamentally rethink who they are, what they do, and how they operate.
My work with co-founder teams always addresses conflict, which can be productive or destructive. In healthy, high-performing teams, conflict is welcome and productive. And when it’s destructive, it can threaten the stability and future of the company. Conflict is often driven by beliefs or experiences related to an aspect of a co-founder’s life that may […]
Fiona Logan, Chief Executive of Insights, explores how leaders can help their businesses maintain the valuable intimacy generated over the past couple of years as businesses look ahead to 2022. Go back two years and intimacy wasn’t something associated with the world of work. Instead, it might have been used to describe a close relationship […]
Paul Pethick, author of Power of Play: How play and its games shape life, explains how play can advance your leadership. What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you see the word ‘play’? If it’s the opposite of work, your kid’s pre-school or, at best, a team-building afternoon on the third floor, then […]
A record 4.4 million Americans quit their jobs in September, while in the UK nearly 25% of employees are planning to change jobs in the next 3-6 months. Anecdotally, “retaining good people” is the number one issue on the minds of many CEOs and senior leaders. COVID-19’s consequences—lockdown-induced stress, Zoom fatigue, government wage support, wage […]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many new employees may have joined your team while working remotely or in hybrid situations. It can be difficult to convey your value system to someone you’ve never met in person, but there are actions you can take to catch them up to speed. Read on for tips on how to […]
In 2018, I gave a talk at a Chamber of Commerce event in Worcestershire about business leaders needing to give thought to others in the world regarding their environmental decision-making policies, and the need for us to realise that all humans are interconnected. One of my slides was a picture of around 100 Bangladeshis wading through waist-deep water, having been flooded out of their homes […]
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