Trust is a pivotal part of brand success and there is a lot that leaders can learn from them. This article explores the link between these and different styles of leadership.
How to prepare for leadership before you get there
Leadership is a complicated and multilayered skill with no singular approach being a guarantee for success, however, it is without a doubt a necessity and one of the most crucial aspects to team cohesion and success. Here are some ways to help you prepare for leadership before you get there.
Is it because we are a sporting nation that ‘coaching’ is our most common leadership style?
In August this year, we surveyed over 100 leaders using Goleman’s six leadership styles to determine the leadership styles that come naturally vs. those that need some attention. Here is a summary of the results.
How to pull off a festive end-of-year event, virtually
Not all businesses are able to organise on-site events during the festive season. Here is a guide with some fun suggestions of how to pull off a successful remote event.
Culture Lies Within
A friendly reminder that culture is about what happens in the office, not the antics that happen outside of it such as work drinks, or work/life balance allowing you to, say, surf at lunch. These are perks, not culture. Culture is about what happens in the office and how people engage.
The Outsider
A follow-up to WFH Home Truths, here is some insight into working from many satellite offices and home environments and the challenges of the two-night HQ visit over the Christmas period.
CASE STUDY: Shining Brighter in 2022 | Spotlight
After their 2021 conference was cancelled due to COVID, Spotlight were keen to bring the four-day event back with a bang in 2022. Gillian Brooks, People Manager, Spotlight Retail Group said ‘It blew everyone away’. Read on to see how we did it.
WFH Home Truths
As many people start to settle into working from home as their ‘new normal’, we thought it would be interesting to get the perspective of someone doing since 2009. It’s a great insight into finding the right balances of productivity and development.
What’s next in office design?
While working arrangements might be formalising, by no means are they like they used to be. Working from home, in the office and a hybrid of the two means we’re at a critical junction for thinking about office design moving forward.
Motivating different personalities in a hybrid working environment
The most important consideration when managing remote and hybrid teams is that we all experience these different working arrangements in different ways. Therefore, as leaders, we need to think about job satisfaction and motivation on an individual level, not across the board.