Welcome to the latest edition of our Leadership Digest newsletter, wrapping up all our activity from April.
Here are some of the highlights of the past month:
- FROM WELL-PERFORMING TO HIGH-PERFORMING: Working with several sports teams over the years, we have noticed their intense quest to strive not only to perform well but to excel as a high-performing team. But in businesses, a quest to move from well-performing to high-performing is less often voiced. We explore why, as well as how to change it, in our latest article.
- STRATEGY ON A PAGE: What's your organisation's strategy like? If it's a hefty document laboriously written then left to gather dust on a shelf until strategy hits the agenda again the following year, then you may want to read on...
- UNDERSTANDING OUR RESPONSES: Learning to understand and live with your inner chimp can make a profound difference to your professional and personal life. We have had lots of feedback about managing our inner chimp lately – find out what our delegates have been saying and why it resonated, and check out this short video from Professor Steve Peters who coined the term if you’d like to learn more.
- ‘THE DOOR TO CONNECTEDNESS’: Our extensive research around the topic of hybrid working highlighted a number of the positive impacts of hybrid work, such as employee satisfaction, retention rates and access to talent. And while there is evidence that corporate culture has been eroded - one HBR study found that only 25% of remote or hybrid workers felt connected to their company's culture - our small-scale poll showed that a little creativity (and vulnerability) goes a long way...
- ARMED WITH THE FACTS: In a busy workplace, it's easy to tell yourself you don't have the time to prepare for negotiations (something Matt has been guilty of in the past) but you won't regret it if you do. If you have a bit more time, read our article about the five leadership skills and behaviours that are simple to employ in negotiation contexts and highly effective in helping reach successful outcomes.
Need our help working with senior teams, or leading change? Looking to build on your leadership development plans this year? Contact Matt Eccles or Dr David Kearney for an informal chat about these or any of the topics above.
