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Courage, Connection and Curiosity
I’m passionate about encouraging leadership in the individuals I work with. Organisations need more leadership, (or genuine engagement, if you prefer it), at all levels. I think that it is[...]
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Leadership in crisis - Engaging teams under Lockdown: The Bigger Picture
I enjoyed reading Jo’s thoughtful piece on the Blog discussing mental health (It's OK to Not Feel OK). It did occur to me that the participants in the various QuoLux™ programmes are in a very[...]
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Leadership in Crisis - Behaviours
One of the very few bright spots of the pandemic has been the emergence of a much-increased sense of community and fellowship. From the Thursday clapping for the NHS and other front-line[...]
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Leading Through Long-term Change
Now more than ever, with the innumerous changes happening around us, effective leadership is needed.Working from home and online has become the norm; addressing direction changes in markets and[...]
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The Importance of Optimism
Forecasts of economic doom following the recent announcement that UK GDP shrank by a record 20% in April; political tensions and polarised perspectives, which seem to dominate the national news[...]
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Are Good Dividends Relevant in a Crisis?
I was in a conversation with an owner-manager yesterday (to help him think through business purpose in light of recent events) and he asked this question: ‘Are the Good Dividends (GDs) relevant in[...]
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Leading Through Change
As a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, change is rippling through our political systems, financial markets and society. How can businesses focus on the priorities, principles and practical steps[...]
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Engaging Teams under Lockdown: Leadership Style
Life will go on after lockdown for the vast majority of companies, but it won’t be the same and it won’t be smooth. Most of the underlying factors around this transition are beyond your control,[...]
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Strategic Planning post-Lockdown
The devastating global pandemic has impacted every business differently. Initially many had to focus on the immediate pressures caused by the financial and staffing fall-out, but now as the[...]
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Engaging Teams under Lockdown: Communication
In this series of articles, we want to look at how we can mitigate some of the downsides of the lockdown we are all currently enduring. Hopefully you are not too far away from at least a partial[...]
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It's OK to Not Feel OK
Last week I listened to an HBR podcast with Morra Aarons-Mele, entrepreneur and author, on leading through anxiety which really struck a chord with me and felt particularly relevant given that[...]
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40 Days and 40 Nights
A Reflection of Personal Leadership of a New Role in a Pandemic. Rob Rees MBE DL was proud to start a new leadership role just 10 days before the Covid-19 pandemic meant a State of Emergency was[...]